Wells Nickel Prospect

Occurrence in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Nickel
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10176617
MRDS ID M013868
MAS/MILS ID 0410290386
Record type Site
Current site name Wells Nickel Prospect
Alternate or previous names Wells Prospect
Related records 10032368

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.18834, 42.05043 (WGS84)
Elevation 1073
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carberry Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Applegate(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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040 S 004 W 33 NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -123.18834, 42.05043

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 52, 1961,

  • Deposit

    TABLE 11, P. 129.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-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.