Tower Rock Prospect

Occurrence in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043294
MRDS ID M061937
Record type Site
Current site name Tower Rock Prospect
Alternate or previous names Trail Uranium Group
Related records 10225676

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.89614, 42.64676 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cleveland Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crater Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rogue(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034S 002W 02 NE OF NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result 0.045 U308 EQUIVILANT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Little Butte Volcanics;Little Butte Volcanics
    Rock description Little Butte Volcanics;Little Butte Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.89614, 42.64676

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MATTHEWS, T.C., 1955, OREGON RADIOACTIVE DISCOVERIES IN 1954 AND 1955; ORE BIN VOL. 17, NO. 12, P.87

  • Deposit

    ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE NOTES, GRANTS PASS FIELD OFFICE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DUPLICATE M029024 HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Smith, Roscoe M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-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

Beyond USGS

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