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Leep

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043038
MRDS ID M061513
Record type Site
Current site name Leep
Alternate or previous names Iron Mtn. Manganese
Related records 10200830

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.08924, 42.70925 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coos(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Illahe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Orford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coquille(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Coos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 033S 012W 24 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY LOW GRADE; FIRST PROSPECTED FOR GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.08924, 42.70925
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N20W
    Dip 65W
    Length 274.32M
    Width 24.38M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NEAR CONTACT WITH SERPENTINE AND DIABASE. CHERT LENSES PARALLEL BEDDING PLANES IN SANDSTONE ; GEOL.DESC: CHERT LENSES PARALLEL BEDDING PLANES IN SANDSTONE OF PASKENTA FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Powers

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • A 50 FOOT ADIT AND BULLDOZER TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALDWIN, E.M. AND OTHERS, 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF COOS COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 80, P.60

  • Deposit

    APPLING, R.N., 1958, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; USBM REPT. INV. 5369, P.9

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 1, P.42

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO ZONES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1981 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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