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Sitting Duck

Occurrence in Douglas 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042907
MRDS ID M061205
Record type Site
Current site name Sitting Duck
Alternate or previous names Circle S Ranch
Related records 10225295

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.11059, 42.95232 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Umpqua(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030S 003W 19 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OXIDIZED TO 10 FT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodonite Ore

Analytical data

Result SURFACE ORE ASSAYS ABOUT 47% MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Dothan Formation;Dothan Formation
    Rock description Dothan Formation;Dothan Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.11059, 42.95232
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 55SE
    Length 9.14M
    Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SOME BANDED MANGANESE STAINED CHERTS ARE NEARBY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 10 FEET DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 75, P. 46

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 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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