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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodities Platinum, Silver, Chromium, Cobalt, Nickel
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048518
MRDS ID MP00108
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.35436, 42.22208 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 55 MI EAST OF ADEL, ABOUT 0.5 MI EAST OF LAKE COUNTY LINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chimney Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Adel(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Adel(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Guano(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(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 Harney

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039S 029E 06 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • IN SPAULDING BLM WILDERNESS STUDY AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Chromium Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PT AND PD ALSO PRESENT ABOUT 2 MI NORTH OF PROSPECT AND AT BLACK HOPE CLAIMS ABOUT 2 MI SOUTH OF PROSPECT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay Alteration

Analytical data

Result 30 PPB PT, 16 PPM AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.35436, 42.22208
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northwest Trending Eugene-Denio Lineament
Type of structure Local
Structure description High Angle Faults

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED
    Strike N5E
    Dip 80SE
    Depth to top 0M

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

Comments on the workings information

  • A SMALL PROSPECT PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILLER, M.S., 1988, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SPAULDING STUDY AREA, HARNEY AND LAKE COUNTIES, OREGON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 23-88, 30 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ATTITUDE IS OF HOST DIKE, WHICH IS 10-15 FT THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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