The Placer Tailings is a gold and silver mine located in Union 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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Placer Tailings MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Placer Tailings
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Union
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE OLD PLACER WORKINGS ARE MAINLY IN THE BED OF THE GRANDE RONDE RIVER. OPERATIONS WERE INTERMITTENT. PRODUCTION RECORDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. HAND AND HYDRAULIC METHODS WERE USED. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): SW 1/4
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON: USGS 22D ANN. RPT., PT. 2, P. 676-677.
Reference (Deposit): OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1939, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK: ODGMI BULL. 14-A, P. 110-113.
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