Peters Prospect

Prospect in Jackson 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 10176728
MRDS ID M013842
MAS/MILS ID 0410290018
Record type Site
Current site name Peters Prospect
Alternate or previous names Peters Prospect Ashland Area
Related records 10032357

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -122.84253, 42.18343 (WGS84)
Elevation 1432

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talent(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Rogue(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039 S 001 W 17 NWNE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Volcanic rocks

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 1942

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. H. Peters
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 17, 1942, P. 23.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-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.