The Canyon City Placers is a gold mine located in Grant 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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Canyon City Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Canyon City Placers
Secondary: Includes Humboldt Diggings
Secondary: Allen Property
Secondary: Tracy Placer
Secondary: John Long Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Canyon
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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: Walla Walla Plateau
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
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): AT CANYON CITY
Comment (Workings): A STRIP OF GROUND HALF A MILE LONG AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET WIDE WAS WORKED IN EARLY DAYS. IN 1941, A 200 FOOT TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN IN THE CONSOLIDATED GRAVELS WITH NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION.
Comment (Geology): GULCH PLACERS ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN ARE BELIEVED TO BE DERIVED FROM REWORKED OLDER GRAVEL DEPOSITS. ; GEOL.DESC: SEDIMENTS ARE CEMENTED STREAM GRAVELS
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBER (M014877) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 19 .
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON; USGS ANN. REPORT NO. 22, P.717
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