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Sunray Prospect

Occurrence in Malheur 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033309
MRDS ID M015617
Record type Site
Current site name Sunray Prospect
Alternate or previous names Nickel Cigar
Related records 10225351

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.59685, 44.33958 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED ALONG WILLOW CREEK SE OF MALHEUR RESERVOIR; ABOUT 20 MILES W. OF HUNTINGTON AND ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF HUNTINGTON JUNCTION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Becker Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brogan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willow(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(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 Malheur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014S 042E 20 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ARITHMETIC AVERAGE OF 10 SAMPLES IS 0.24 % NI

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 10
USGS model code 5b
Deposit model name Noril'sk Cu-Ni-PGE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.59685, 44.33958
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL BLOCKS OF GREENSTONE, GREENSCHIST, PHYLLITE AND CHERT ARE LOCALLY ASSOCIATED WITH SERPENTINITE. ROCKS ARE PART OF SMALL WINDOW OR FAULT SLICE OF PRE-TRIASSIC ROCKS IN JURASSIC SEDIMENTARY TERRAIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL BULLDOZER CUTS.

Comments on development

  • SAMPLES SUBMITTED TO ODGMI BY NEAL ISSACSON IN 1957 , 1960 , 1961 , 1967

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1978 , INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: ODGMI MISC. PAPER NO. 20 , P. 61

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECENT SAMPLES TAKEN BY BROOKS DO NOT CONTAIN ANOMALOUS NICKEL FOUND IN EARLIER ASSAYS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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