Mine detail: Mormon Basin Placer

Previously called 'Colt Placers'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.42292, -117.5888

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Discovery year:	1870

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Placer
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:

Gravel

References

MRDS	M015668
DEP	10033349
Reference	{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939, ODGMI BULL. 14-A P. 76.}{Deposit:: WOLFF, E.N., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE CAVINESS QUADRANGLE, OREGON; UNIV. OF OREGON PHD THESIS.}{Deposit:: 1939 COMPIL ODGMI, REFERENCE 1.}{Deposit:: 1979 COMPIL ODGMI, FILE}
Reporter	Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)