The Duck Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Baker county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,999 feet.
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
Elevation: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.06528, -116.92389
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Duck Creek Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Duck Creek Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Homestead
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
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
Deposit Size: S
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
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 878 1/2 FINE.
Analytical Data: GOLD IS COARSE AND FLAT OR ROUNDED
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOMESTEAD, ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF DUCK CREEK. 17 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BEDROCK IS ROTTEN GRANITE. GOLD LIES SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE GRAVEL.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 60
Oregon Gold
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