Smith Prospect

Prospect in Curry 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 10128694
MRDS ID M061516
MAS/MILS ID 0410150009
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Prospect
Alternate or previous names Smith Prospect Gold Beach Area
Related records 10043041

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -124.38588, 42.40561 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Beach(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gold Beach(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Rogue(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037 S 014 W 05 N2 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -124.38588, 42.40561

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1958

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Smith, Robert H.
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 5369, 1958.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 93, 1977, P. 46.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JUL-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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