The Hindman Placer is a gold mine located in Baker county, Oregon at an elevation of 4,377 feet.
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
Elevation: 4,377 Feet (1,334 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.69111, -118.31833
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Hindman Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hindman Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Greenhorn District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
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: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Physiographic Detail: Blue Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FINENESS 919, ON HIGHER BENCH 970
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Platinum
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN WHITMAN NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION GIVEN IS AT THE JUNCTION OF CAMP AND PINUS CREEKS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAP SHOWS TAILINGS ON PINUS CREEK ONLY
Comment (Development): ACTIVE IN 1900, NO RECORDS SINCE
Comment (Deposit): TWO BENCHES ON PROPERTY. LOWER BENCH IS APPARENTLY THE HIGHER GRADE ONE; STREAM GRAVELS ARE DERIVED FROM THESE BENCHES
Comment (Workings): ABOUT 2 MI OF STREAM CHANNELS HEAVILY PLACERED
Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS COARSE
Comment (Production): 0.5 OZ PT WITH EACH CLEANUP
Comment (Geology): GOLD DERIVED IN PART FROM REWORKED BENCH GRAVELS. HIGHER BENCH GRAVELS ARE, AS A RULE, TOO POOR TO PAY FOR WASHING BUT CONTAIN SOME FLOUR GOLD. "RHYOLITE" BEDROCK
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 22ND ANNUAL REPORT, PT. 2, P. 702-703
Oregon Gold
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