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Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032694
MRDS ID M014368
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Prospect
Related records 10127862

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.56881, 44.88597 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sawtooth Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 008S 042E 9 S OF NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • S 1/2 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.56881, 44.88597
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1977, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAWTOOTH RIDGE QUADRANGLE; ODGMI OPEN FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON H. C. BROOKS, ODGM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIMONITIZED AREA IS SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET ACROSS. COPPER OXIDE MINERALS AND GOLD FOUND LOCALLY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Brooks, Howard C. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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