Lookout Point Prospects

Occurrence in Lane county in Oregon, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036481
MRDS ID M025299
Record type Site
Current site name Lookout Point Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.57837, 43.81315 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lane(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westfir West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakridge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork Willamette(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Willamette 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 Lane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 020S 002E 21 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.57837, 43.81315

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 W
    Dip 60 S

Comments on the geologic information

  • BARITE AND DISSEMINATED PYRITE OCCUR WITH SMALL QUARTZ VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Willamette National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 60 FOOT ADIT AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MASON, R.S. AND OTHERS, 1977, MINERALIZATION IN THE NORTH-CENTRAL WESTERN CASCADES; ORE BIN, VOL. 39, NO. 12, P. 200

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE WEST CASCADES IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 130

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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