Utah Prospect

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10127832
MRDS ID M014334
MAS/MILS ID 0410010013
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Prospect
Alternate or previous names Utah Prospect Pleasant Valley, Utah Claim, Black Joe, Morton Group, Stevens Group
Related records 10032676

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -117.62963, 44.70066 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Encina(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(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 010 S 041 E 13 NENE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -117.62963, 44.70066

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nadine Strayer/Frank Demerrit
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1974
  • Type Operator
    Owner Ketell Investment Corp.
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 17, 1942, P. 51.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5472, 1959, P. 8-10.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-JUN-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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