Meadon Lake Prospect

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033373
MRDS ID M015702
Record type Site
Current site name Meadon Lake Prospect
Alternate or previous names North Powder Molybdenum
Related records 10152809

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.21688, 44.89679 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anthony Lakes(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 008S 037E 5 CENTER OF E Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATELY 200 LODE CLAIMS TAKEN IN 1971 IN THE TWIN PEAKS AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Bald Mountain Batholith
    Rock description Bald Mountain Batholith;Bald Mountain Batholith;Bald Mountain Batholith

Nearby scientific data

(1) Intrusive rocks

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ VEINLETS CONTAIN CHALCOPYRITE AND MOLYBDENITE. DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE GRAINS REPLACE BIOTITE IN THE LEUCOCRATIC PHASES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rock Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Johns-Mansville Corp.
    First year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., 1959, NORTH POWDER MOLYBDENUM PROSPECT; ODGMI FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N.S., 1973, JOHNS-MANSVILLE EXPLORATIONS PROJECT; ODGMI FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N.S., 1973, JOHNS-MANSVILLE EXPLORATION PROJECT: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., 1959, NORTH POWDER MOLYBDENUM PROSPECT: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1959 RECON ODGMI FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    1976 COMPIL ODGMI FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY INCLUDES THE FLYING CLOUD AND LOY'S MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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