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Waterman Prospect

Occurrence in Wheeler county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033438
MRDS ID M015785
Record type Site
Current site name Waterman Prospect
Alternate or previous names Red Jacket
Related records 10128403

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.76581, 44.4479 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wheeler(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antone(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 Wheeler

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 013S 024E 07 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.76581, 44.4479
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 45SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spanish Gulch

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED. PROPERTY WAS EQUIPPED WITH A SMALL TWO STAMP MILL.

Comments on the workings information

  • VEIN IS REPORTEDLY DEVELOPED BY A 125 FOOT SHAFT. NO PRODUCTION RECORDED. PROPERTY WAS EQUIPPED WITH A SMALL TWO STAMP MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARKS, H.M. AND SWARTLEY, A.M., 1916, MINES HANDBOOK; OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 2, NO. 4, P. 232

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 161

  • Deposit

    DOBELL, J.B., 1948, GEOLOGY OF THE ANTONE DISTRICT OF WHEELER COUNTY, OREGON; OREGON STATE UNIV. MS THESIS, P. 100

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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