Oregon Caves Prospect

Prospect in Josephine 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 10152976
MRDS ID M013361
MAS/MILS ID 0410330013
Record type Site
Current site name Oregon Caves Prospect
Alternate or previous names Ow Yuen
Related records 10032155

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.44285, 42.12262 (WGS84)
Elevation 732

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oregon Caves(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Illinois(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 Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040 S 006 W 05 NW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -123.44285, 42.12262

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs Lucille Floyd
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES (WFOC).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-AUG-1992 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.