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Thornton Scheelite Prospect

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Tungsten, Silver, Gold
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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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033414
MRDS ID M015756
Record type Site
Current site name Thornton Scheelite Prospect
Related records 10225236

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.62662, 44.69374 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Malheur 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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010S 034E 15 SW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result A 2.8 FOOT CHANNEL SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.02 OZ/TON AU
Result 0.10 OZ/TON AG
Result 0.12 % WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.62662, 44.69374
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHEELITE OCCURS IN RANDOM VEINLETS AND BUNCHES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lester Thornton
    First year 1954

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N.S., 1955, THORTON PROSPECT (SCHEELITE); ODGMI FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    1955 RECON ODGMI FILE REPOR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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

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