Gold Prospect

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033423
MRDS ID M015767
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.23326, 44.3618 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rastus Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

John Day(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon 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

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 014S 036E 12 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.23326, 44.3618

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unity

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on development

  • SPECIFIC HISTORY ON PROSPECT IS NOT AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOWERY, W.A., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE IRONSIDE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE; ODGMI OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE RASTUS MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE; ODGMI OPEN-FILE REPORT 0-79.

  • Deposit

    1979 GEOLMAP ODGMI GEOL. MAP OF THE RASTUS MTN. QUADRANGLE, 0-79-

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT IS LOCATED ON A SHEAR ZONE IN JURASSIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ADJACENT TO A LOCALLY PYRITE-BEARING HORNBLENDE QUARTZ DIORITE DIKE. SHEAR ZONE IS WITHIN THE ALTERATION HALO ASSOCIATED WITH WIDESPREAD PORPHYRY-TYPE MINERALIZATION IN THIS AREA ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.