The Oregon Gulch Placer is a gold mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Oregon Gulch Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oregon Gulch Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: North Fork
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: 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: GRAVEL IS SAID TO RUN 50? PER YARD ( 1940 ). GOLD IS COARSE, FLATTENED AND ROUNDED
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4
Comment (Production): $500 IN GOLD
Comment (Deposit): 1 PLACER AND 1 QUARTZ CLAIM
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BEDROCK CONSISTS OF OLD SCHISTS, ARGILLITE HORNFELS AND CHERTS, CUT BY NUMEROUS BULL QUARTZ AND CALCITE STRINGERS AND VEINLETS; FRACTURES IN ROCK PLATED WITH MARACASITE AND CHALCOPYRITE
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B, P. 104
Oregon Gold
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