Canyon City Placers

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

Name: Canyon City Placers  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 44.39389, -118.94917

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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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