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Lucky Penny Prospect

Prospect in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Germanium, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Titanium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10298212
MRDS ID M061879
MAS/MILS ID 0410330018
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Penny Prospect
Related records 10043271

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -123.42254, 42.00813 (WGS84)
Elevation 1700
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oregon Caves(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)

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 Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 041 S 006 W 16 NW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Germanium Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Pentlandite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -123.42254, 42.00813
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35E
    Dip 70E
    Thickness 0.5M
    Length 12M
    Width 999999M
    Area 5HA
    Depth to top 8M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N35E:70E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Joe E. And W. H. Inman
    Interest 100
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 100, 1979,

  • Deposit

    PLATE 2, NO. 458.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-AUG-92 Pierce, Paul A. 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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