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Allen Prospect

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Nickel
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033305
MRDS ID M015613
Record type Site
Current site name Allen Prospect
Related records 10224874

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.28661, 44.76846 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MI BY RD. W. OF SUMPTER, ON RIDGE S. OF GRAYS GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ireland(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 009S 036E 22 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC 22 .; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE OF 0.26 % NI - FIVE SAMPLES RANGE FROM 0.01 TO 0.33 % NI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.28661, 44.76846
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • Length 914.4M
    Width 457.2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHEARED LENTICULAR SERPENTINITE BODY LYING BETWEEN QUARTZ DIORITE AND ARGILLITE. SOME LIGHTER GREEN SERPENTINE MINERALS MAY CONTAIN NICKEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT HAS CONSISTED OF SMALL OPEN CUTS AND SHORT ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1978 , INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: ODGMI MISC. PAPER NO. 20 , P. 59

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey

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