High Bar Placer

The High Bar Placer is a gold mine located in Baker county, Oregon.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: High Bar Placer  

State:  Oregon

County:  Baker

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 44.51528, -117.92111

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High Bar Placer MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: High Bar Placer


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Upper Burnt River Area


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GOLD IS SAID TO BE VERY FINE.


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBERS (M014179), (M014180), AND (M014185) HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE

Comment (Location): WEST SIDE OF PINE CREEK, ELEVATION AT 4,500 FEET; 300 FEET ABOVE PINE CREEK N 1/2 OF SEC. 22

Comment (Geology): SEVERAL HUNDRED ACRES OF TERTIARY SEDIMENTS AND LAVAS ARE CAPPED BY A PLEISTOCENE BENCH GRAVEL. ; GEOL.DESC: GRAVEL COMPOSED OF LARGE BOULDERS OF LAVA, QUARTZ, AND SCHIST. GRAVEL IS 10 FEET THICK. IT LIES ON BEDROCK LAVA


References

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 100 .

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., MC INTYRE, J.R., AND WALKER, G.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OREGON PART OF THE BAKER 1 DEG BY 2 DEG QUADRANGLE; ODGMI GEOL. MAP GMS-7

Reference (Deposit): 1946 RECON ODGMI FILE REPOR


Oregon Gold

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