Mahogany Gap and Storm

Prospect in Malheur county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10201157
MAS/MILS ID 0410450478
Record type Site
Current site name Mahogany Gap and Storm

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -117.25929, 43.19987 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCain Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mahogany Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(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 Malheur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 027 S 045 E 19 C Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO COVERS SECTIONS 18 AND 30.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -117.25929, 43.19987

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Phelps Dodge
    Year 1992

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON GEOLOGY, 1991, VOL. 53, NO. 3, EXPLORATION

  • Deposit

    ACTIVITIES, P. 68.

  • Deposit

    OREGON GEOLOGY, 1992, VOL. 54, NO. 3, EXPLORATION

  • Deposit

    ACTIVITIES, P. 61.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-94 Gabby U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.