The French Diggings Placer is a gold mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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French Diggings Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: French Diggings Placer
Secondary: Currey Mine
Secondary: Klondike
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Trail Creek
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Umatilla National 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
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: DEPOSITS ARE SAID TO BE WORKED AT A MODERATE PROFIT.
Analytical Data: GOLD OCCURS AS SMALL, FLAT, SMOOTH PARTICLES ( WORTH$17 OR MORE PER OUNCE - 1940 )
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): THERE ARE SAID TO BE ONE AND ONE HALF MILLION YARDS OF VIRGIN GROUND, AVERAGING $.26 PER YARD ( 1940 ).
Comment (Production): PARDEE AND HEWITT (1914) ESTIMATE TOTAL PRODUCTION TO BE NOT LESS THAN $387,000. EARLY PRODUCTION IS REPORTED TO BE MORE THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS. NO PRODUCTION HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 1940.
Comment (Workings): DISCOVERED IN 'EARLY DAYS' AND HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY WORKED. PARDEE AND HEWITT (1914) ESTIMATE TOTAL PRODUCTION TO BE NOT LESS THAN $387,000. EARLY PRODUCTION IS REPORTED TO BE MORE THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS. NO PRODUCTION HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 1
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: GOLD CONFINED TO A 3 - FOOT LAYER OF GRAVEL RESTING ON GRANODIORITE
Comment (Deposit): CONSV. RECORD ( M014820 ) HAS BEEN MERGED INTO THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B, P. 100
Oregon Gold
"Where to Find Gold in Oregon" looks at the density of modern placer mining claims along with historical gold mining locations and mining district descriptions to determine areas of high gold discovery potential in Oregon. Read more: Where to Find Gold in Oregon.
