The Camp Carson Placer is a gold mine located in Union county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Camp Carson Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Camp Carson Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Union
District: Camp Carson
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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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
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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): REACTIVATED ON JUNE 20, 1963-HYDRAULIC GIANT, SETTLING PONDS.
Comment (Location): SEE CARSON HILL PLACERS; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.
Comment (Production): BEGINNING IN THE 1860'S. INTERMITTENT
Comment (Workings): PARTLY CEMENTED TERTIARY GRAVELS AT UNCONFORNITY ON GRANODIORITE SURFACE. N-S TRACE 1/2 MILE. UNCONFORNITY SLOPES WEST 20-25 DEG. GRAVELS 15-20 FT THICK, WELL ROUNDED, COARSE
References
Reference (Deposit): ORE. BULL 14-A, 1939, P. 110-111
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, 1901, AN RPT II, P. 676
Reference (Deposit): VISIT BY R.G. WAYLAND ON AUG 29
Reference (Deposit): TAUBENECK, 1957, GSA BULL.
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