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Lone Ranch Priceite

Past Producer in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodity Boron-Borates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032258
MRDS ID M013596
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Ranch Priceite
Alternate or previous names Chetco
Related records 10249338

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.34867, 42.09899 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brookings(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gold Beach(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040S 014W 22 NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SURFACE RIGHTS HELD BY STATE OF OREGON AND IS NOW A STATE PARK. LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE AND SECTION DATA GIVEN IN RECORD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Aragonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.34867, 42.09899
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1890-1892

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 480 FOOT MAIN TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.54

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Johnson, Kathleen M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 04-NOV-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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