Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
TertiaryMercury, Platinum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeSTREAM PLACER
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Deposit sizeM
Ore controlSTREAM HYDRAULICS
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID60000973
MRDS IDM054912
Alternate namesSumpter Valley Dredging Co., Baker Dredging Co., Powder River Gold Dredging Co., Little, Harris and Wolfinger Dredge, Nutting (K.R.) Dredge, Consuelo Oregon Mines, England and Hilliard
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates44.74375, -118.20744
References
BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 55, P. 216.U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MERCURY IN OREGON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 322.FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000.OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1939, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, NORTHEASTERN OREGON--EAST HALF: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-A, P. 94-97.BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 61, P. 54-55, 57.LUMB, A.D., 1920, THE PLATINUM METALS: LONDON, IMPERIAL INSTITUTE, MONOGRAPHS MINERAL RESOURCES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BRITISH EMPIRE, P. 49.RAMP, LEN, AND BROOKS, H.C., 1969, PLATINUM GROUP METALS, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF OREGON: U.S. CONGRESS 90TH, 2D SESSION, COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, SENATE PRINTING, P. 167-171.