The Middle Fork Placers is a gold and silver 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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Middle Fork Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Middle Fork Placers
Secondary: Golden Dredging Company
Secondary: Timms Dredging Co.
Secondary: Vincent Creek Placers
Secondary: Kreiger
Secondary: Baker
Secondary: China Diggings
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Greenhorn
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Malheur Natioal Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBER (M014793) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE. SEPARATE RECORDS FOR CHINA DIGGINGS AND VINCENT CREEK PLACERS. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): TRIBUTARIES AND MAIN STEM OF THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE JOHN DAY RIVER BELOW BATES
Comment (Production): 1939-1942 PRODUCTION IS FOR THE TIMMS GOLD DREDGING COMPANY'S OPERATION 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BATES
Comment (Workings): BOTH BUCKET AND DRAGLINE DREDGES HAVE OPERATED ON THE MIDDLE FORK BELOW BATES. 1939-1942 PRODUCTION IS FOR THE TIMMS GOLD DREDGING COMPANY'S OPERATION 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BATES
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 44.
Reference (Deposit): WAGNER, N.S., 1945, MIDDLE FORK OF THE JOHN DAY PLACERS; ODGMI FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P. 81, 94, 95
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