French Diggings Placer

The French Diggings Placer is a gold mine located in Grant county, Oregon.

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

Name: French Diggings Placer  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 44.93, -118.45722

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French Diggings Placer MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: French Diggings Placer
Secondary: Currey Mine
Secondary: Klondike


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Trail Creek


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: 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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: DEPOSITS ARE SAID TO BE WORKED AT A MODERATE PROFIT.
Analytical Data: GOLD OCCURS AS SMALL, FLAT, SMOOTH PARTICLES ( WORTH$17 OR MORE PER OUNCE - 1940 )


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): THERE ARE SAID TO BE ONE AND ONE HALF MILLION YARDS OF VIRGIN GROUND, AVERAGING $.26 PER YARD ( 1940 ).

Comment (Production): PARDEE AND HEWITT (1914) ESTIMATE TOTAL PRODUCTION TO BE NOT LESS THAN $387,000. EARLY PRODUCTION IS REPORTED TO BE MORE THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS. NO PRODUCTION HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 1940.

Comment (Workings): DISCOVERED IN 'EARLY DAYS' AND HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY WORKED. PARDEE AND HEWITT (1914) ESTIMATE TOTAL PRODUCTION TO BE NOT LESS THAN $387,000. EARLY PRODUCTION IS REPORTED TO BE MORE THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS. NO PRODUCTION HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 1

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: GOLD CONFINED TO A 3 - FOOT LAYER OF GRAVEL RESTING ON GRANODIORITE

Comment (Deposit): CONSV. RECORD ( M014820 ) HAS BEEN MERGED INTO THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.


References

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B, P. 100


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