The Vincent Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Vincent Creek Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vincent Creek Placers
Secondary: Member of Greenhorn Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Greenhorn
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Malheur Natioal Forest
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
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
Analytical Data: GOLD IS SAID TO RUN AS HIGH AS $0.75 PER YARD
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: GRAVEL AVERAGES 8 FT. IN DEPTH; BOULDERS ARE NUMEROUS BUT LESS THAN 1 FT. IN DIAMETER. BEDROCK IS GREENSTONE AND BANDED CHERT
Comment (Location): SE 1/4
Comment (Production): NO RECORD.
Comment (Workings): MOST OF CREEK HAS BEEN TESTED OR PLACERED AT SOME TIME OR OTHER. NO RECORD.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 96
Oregon Gold
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