The Marysville Placers is a gold mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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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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Marysville Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Marysville Placers
Secondary: John Day Placers
Secondary: Becktell and Hall Placers
Secondary: Marsville Mining Co.
Secondary: Quartz Gulch Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Canyon
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Immanuel Mining
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: Walla Walla Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: GRAVELS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 900 FINE.
Analytical Data: ALSO MEDIUM SIZED GRAINS TO FINE
Analytical Data: COARSE GOLD
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): PLACERS WERE MINED BY HYDRAULLIC METHODS WITH 3 GIANTS. ALL INVOLVED IN FIGURES OF CANYON DISTRICT PLACERS ( RECORD M016693 ).
Comment (Geology): BEDROCK IS SERPENTINE AND ALTERED GABBRO. ; GEOL.DESC: GRAVELS ARE BOULDER SIZE AND SMALLER WITH 2 - 6 FT. OF OVERBURDEN ON VIRGIN GROUND; BEDS PROBABLY FORMED IN BACK EDDY OF QUARTZ GULCH AT ITS CONFLUENCE WITH ANCIENT SOUTH FORK OF JOHN DAY.
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBERS (M01490) AND (M014910) HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
Comment (Location): ON LONG, WINDLESS, RICH AND QUARTZ GULCHES.
Comment (Production): NOT AVAILABLE; ALL INVOLVED IN FIGURES OF CANYON DISTRICT PLACERS ( RECORD M016693 ).
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL 14 - B, P. 29
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