Malheur City Placers

The Malheur City Placers is a gold mine located in Malheur 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

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Site Name

Primary: Malheur City Placers
Secondary: Jones Placer
Secondary: Gold Flour Min. Co.

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Oregon
County: Malheur
District: Malheur City

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Billiton Minerals Usa, Inc.

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: Payette Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Silt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Geology): PAY STREAK OCCURS ON A FALSE CLAY BEDROCK

Comment (Deposit): BULK OF EARLY PRODUCTION WAS FROM GULCH PLACERS AT SHASTA GULCH AND RICH GULCH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Reserve-Resource): GULCH PLACERS ARE LARGELY EXHAUSTED. WATER IS SCARCE.

Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT $150,000 AS OF 1875, WHICH IS LIKELY TO THE TOTAL PRODUCTION TO DATE

References

Reference (Production): REF. 1

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, USGS ANN. REPT. 2, P. 772.

Reference (Deposit): 1940 RECON ODGMI FILE REPORT

Reference (Deposit): 1940 RECON ODGMI FILE REPOR

Oregon Gold

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