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Prescott Claims

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032745
MRDS ID M014459
Record type Site
Current site name Prescott Claims
Alternate or previous names Corander

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.41324, 44.53792 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Durkee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(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 012S 043E 11 N Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • N 1/2, FOUR MILES SOUTH OF DURKEE ALONGSIDE U.S. HIGHWAY #30.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result HIGHEST ASSAY WAS 9.3 % OUT OF 23 SEPARATE ASSAYS AND ONLY 7 OUT OF 23 WERE IN EXCESS OF 5 % MANGANESE.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 242
USGS model code 34b
Deposit model name Sedimentary Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.41324, 44.53792
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR MASSES AND BLOBS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone - Argillite Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lower Burnt River

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • COMMERCIAL OPERATION OF THE PROPERTY WOULD DEPEND UPON POSSIBILITIES OF CONCENTRATING ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 3 ADITS LEVELS, A 25-FOOT SHAFT, AND 635 FEET OF CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIBBEY, F.W. AND OTHERS, 1942, MANGANESE IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 17, P. 54

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., MCINTYRE, J.R., AND WALKER, G.W., 1976 GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OREGON PART OF THE BAKER 1DEG BY 2DEG QUADRANGLE, ODGMI GMS-7, GEOL. MAP

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSV. RECORD ( M014458 ) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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