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Wyllie Prospect

Past Producer in Grant 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033405
MRDS ID M015746
Record type Site
Current site name Wyllie Prospect
Related records 10250047

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.07856, 44.37929 (WGS84)
Relative position THREE MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT VERNON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Vernon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dayville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014S 030E 02 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodonite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.07856, 44.37929
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Vernon

Comments on the production information

  • 20 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1952-1953

Comments on the workings information

  • 50 FOOT TRENCH 20 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1952-1953

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    APPLING, R.N., 1959, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN OREGON; USBM REP. INVEST. 5472, P. 22

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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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