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Black Bear Prospect

Prospect in Curry 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10152666
MRDS ID M061517
MAS/MILS ID 0410150010
Record type Site
Current site name Black Bear Prospect
Alternate or previous names Black Bear Prospect Chetco Area, Black Beauty
Related records 10043042

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -123.95556, 42.00422 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Biscuit Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 041 S 011 W 13 W2 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -123.95556, 42.00422
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harry Benick
    Home office California
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 17, 1942, P. 40.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 5369, 1958, P. 5.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 93, 1977, P. 44.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JUL-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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