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Rand-Mc Carthy Prospects

Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032833
MRDS ID M014599
Record type Site
Current site name Rand-Mc Carthy Prospects
Related records 10152445

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.84101, 45.04708 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Homestead(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(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 Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 006S 048E 15 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SEC. 15, NE 1/4 SEC. 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.84101, 45.04708
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 E
    Dip STEEPLY E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Trending, Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BASALT DIKE HAS DISCOURAGED DEVELOPMENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Homestead

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS AND CROSSCUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 64 .

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND VALLIER, T. L., 1970 , GEOLOGY AND COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE HOMESTEAD AREA, OREGON AND IDAHO: ODGMI, THE ORE BIN, MARCH VOL. 32 , NO. 3 , P. 53 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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