| Deposit ID | 10043123 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M061625 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Horsehead |
| Alternate or previous names | Berry Prospect, Wild Rose |
| Related records | 10273857 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -124.02645, 42.4612 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Curry(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Horse Sign Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Gold Beach(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cape Blanco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Illinois(hydrologic unit)
Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)
Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Curry |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 036S | 011W | 17 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Result | ODGMI SAMPLE ASSAYED 54.94 % FE |
|---|---|
| Result | 0.11 % S |
| Result | 0.37 % V |
| Result | 2.70 % TI AND 0.004 % P |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Lookingglass |
| Rock description | Lookingglass |
| (1) | -124.02645, 42.4612 |
|---|
| Strike | N20E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 51NW |
| Thickness | 15.24M |
| Length | 76.2M |
| Width | 38.1M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Siskiyou National Forest |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1968 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 22000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M061625 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410150167 |
RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P. 43
BALDWIN, E.M., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE HORSE SIGN BUTTE BLACK SAND DEPOSIT AND VICINITY, CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ORE BIN VOL. 30, NO. 3, PP. 45-54
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 1, P. 49
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1240-E,1982, MAP NO. 1.
BALDWIN, 1968
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | EOCENE BLACK SAND DEPOSIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1979 | Johnson, Maureen G. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-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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