The Shanghai Gulch is a gold mine located in Baker county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,921 feet.
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
Elevation: 3,921 Feet (1,195 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.89583, -117.31417
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Shanghai Gulch MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shanghai Gulch
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Sparta District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): AREA PROSPECTED FOR PLACER GOLD AND POCKETS OF FREE GOLD IN WHITE CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ VEINS
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
References
Reference (Deposit): WAGNER, N.S., 1943, SHANGHAI GULCH PLACER MINE; ODGMI UNPLUBLISHED FILE REPORT, BAKER FIELD OFFICE
Oregon Gold
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