The Susanville - Placers is a gold mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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Susanville - Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Susanville - Placers
Secondary: Elk Creek
Secondary: Middle Fork
Secondary: Deep Creek
Secondary: Buck Gulch
Secondary: Timms Gold Dredging Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Malheur Natioal 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
Deposit Size: S
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CREEKS USUALLY CONTAIN COARSE GOLD, 865 FINE
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): PLACER GROUNDS LOCATED ALONG MIDDLE FORK OF JOHN DAY RIVER AND THE LOWER REACHES OF BUCK, DEEP, AND ELK CREEKS.
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT $1,100,000, WITH THE ELK CREEK DRAINAGE BEING THE MOST PRODUCTIVE. IN 1913, GEORGE ARMSTRONG FOUND AN 80.4 OZ NUGGET ON BUCK GULCH.1933-1939 PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE FOR THE TIMMS GOLD DREDGING COMPANY'S OPERATION
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BASALT CAPPING COVER SOME OF OLDER PLACERS
Comment (Deposit): RECORD ( W016695 ) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD, AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE. SEPARATE RECORDS FOR BUCK CREEK, TIMMS GOLD DREDGING CO. ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON: USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941; ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P.147
Reference (Deposit): 5) BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.106
Reference (Production): BROOKS AND RAMP, 1968
Reference (Deposit): FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000
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