Frisco Tungsten Prospect

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10033350
MRDS ID M015669
Record type Site
Current site name Frisco Tungsten Prospect
Related records 10298300

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.50546, 44.44625 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES WEST OF RYE VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mormon Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brogan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(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 013S 042E 7 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 OF THE SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Pedro Mountain Stock
    Rock description Pedro Mountain Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Burnt River Schist
    Rock description Burnt River Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.50546, 44.44625

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact With Small Body Of Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHEELITE IS CONCENTRATED IN A BODY OF MASSIVE PYRITE AND ALONG THE CONTACT WITH THE GRANITIC ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1926
Discoverer Mr. Joe Frisco

Mining district

District name Mormon Basin

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., 1959, FRISCO TUNGSTEN PROSPECT; ODGMI FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    1957 RECON ODGMI FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    ODGMI FILE REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) 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

Beyond USGS

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