Mansfield Prospect

Occurrence in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodity Copper
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043321
MRDS ID M062089
Record type Site
Current site name Mansfield Prospect
Related records 10143395

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.51671, 42.14232 (WGS84)
Elevation 518

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Holland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039S 007W 27 SE OF SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Copper Ore
Magnetite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Melange

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDER-TYPE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • East-West Shear Zone In Serpentine

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL BULLDOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP & PETERSON, 1979, ODDGMI BULL. 10

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Smith, Roscoe M. 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.