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South Pole

Prospect in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Arsenic, Gold, Silver
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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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10249940
MRDS ID M015763
MAS/MILS ID 0410010627
Record type Site
Current site name South Pole
Alternate or previous names Esmerelda Mine, Yankee Jim, Oregon Cupper
Related records 10176777, 10098345

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.17684, 44.85485 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bourne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 008 S 037 E 22 NESE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.17684, 44.85485
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-A, 1939, P. 42.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-JUN-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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