Marysville Placers

The Marysville Placers 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: Marysville Placers  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 44.38333, -118.91694

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Marysville Placers MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Marysville Placers
Secondary: John Day Placers
Secondary: Becktell and Hall Placers
Secondary: Marsville Mining Co.
Secondary: Quartz Gulch Placers


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Canyon


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Immanuel Mining


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: Walla Walla Plateau


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: GRAVELS


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 900 FINE.
Analytical Data: ALSO MEDIUM SIZED GRAINS TO FINE
Analytical Data: COARSE GOLD


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Workings): PLACERS WERE MINED BY HYDRAULLIC METHODS WITH 3 GIANTS. ALL INVOLVED IN FIGURES OF CANYON DISTRICT PLACERS ( RECORD M016693 ).

Comment (Geology): BEDROCK IS SERPENTINE AND ALTERED GABBRO. ; GEOL.DESC: GRAVELS ARE BOULDER SIZE AND SMALLER WITH 2 - 6 FT. OF OVERBURDEN ON VIRGIN GROUND; BEDS PROBABLY FORMED IN BACK EDDY OF QUARTZ GULCH AT ITS CONFLUENCE WITH ANCIENT SOUTH FORK OF JOHN DAY.

Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBERS (M01490) AND (M014910) HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Comment (Location): ON LONG, WINDLESS, RICH AND QUARTZ GULCHES.

Comment (Production): NOT AVAILABLE; ALL INVOLVED IN FIGURES OF CANYON DISTRICT PLACERS ( RECORD M016693 ).


References

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL 14 - B, P. 29


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