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Summers Prospect

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodity Nickel
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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 10033302
MRDS ID M015610
Record type Site
Current site name Summers Prospect
Related records 10201615

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.70856, 44.60374 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dixie Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Malheur National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 011S 033E 23 NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SEC 23 ; ADJACENT TO PATENTED DIXIE MEADOWS GOLD MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result FIVE SAMPLES CONTAIN 0.10 , 0.10 , 0.67 , 0.23 , 0.17 % NI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.70856, 44.60374
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SAMPLE CONTAINING 0.23 % NI IS ALTERED DUNITE WITH MINOR GARNERITE ALONG FRACTURES SIMILAR TO ROCKS FOUND AT NICKEL MOUNTAIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Ray Summers

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • NO FURTHER WORK HAS BEEN DONE AT THIS PROSPECT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1978 , INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: ODGMI MISC. PAPER NO. 20 , P. 61

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROSPECT IS REPORTED TO BE IN SEC 19 , T. 11 S., R. 33 E.; THE REPORTED LOCATION OF THE ASSAY SAMPLES SHOWING NICKEL WAS NOT FOUND BY INVESTIGATORS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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