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Allen Nickel Prospect

Occurrence in Baker 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033387
MRDS ID M015722
Record type Site
Current site name Allen Nickel Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.27744, 44.77179 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ireland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon 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

Wallowa-Whitman 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 Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009S 036E 22 NE OF NE OF SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Serpentine Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hornfelsed Ultramafics

Analytical data

Result AVG. OF 5 SAMPLES GIVES 0.26 % NI ANALYSES INDICATE NO ENRICHMENT IN NICKEL

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Grays Peak Stock
    Rock description Grays Peak Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.27744, 44.77179
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECT IS IN A SHEARED LENTICULAR SERPENTINITE BODY ABOUT 1500 FEET WIDE AND 3000 FEET LONG, LYING BETWEEN QUARTZ DIORITE AND ELKHORN RIDGE ARGILLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cracker Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A FEW SMALL OPEN CUTS AND A SHORT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP L., 1978, INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON; ODGMI MISC. PAPER 20, P. 59

  • Deposit

    FERNS, M.L. AND OTHERS, 1982, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MT. IRELAND QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRAA G3 82 01

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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