The Barton 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
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Barton Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Barton Placer
Secondary: Miners Creek Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Powder River Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS COARSE AND APPARENTLY OF LOCAL ORIGIN
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: REWORKED GRAVELS OF AN OLDER EROSION PERIOD WHOSE GOLD HAS BEEN SHIFTED SEVERAL TIMES
Comment (Location): W 1/2 ; ON MINERS CREEK
Comment (Workings): AREA WAS WORKED BY THE EARLY (1862) SETTLERS AT MIN ERSVILLE.
Comment (Deposit): LITTLE DATA AVAILABLE
References
Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J. R., AND HEWETT, D. F., 1916 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SUMPTER QUAD.: ORE. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, V. 1 , NO. 6 , P. 69 , MAP IN POCKET
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON: USGS 22ND. ANN. REPT-PART 2, P. 654
Oregon Gold
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