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Rhoads Prospect

Prospect in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodities Mercury, Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10177214
MRDS ID M025041
MAS/MILS ID 0410250107
Record type Site
Current site name Rhoads Prospect
Related records 10036282

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -118.54412, 42.60407 (WGS84)
Elevation 1938
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alvord Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Steens Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Adel(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alvord Lake(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(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 Harney

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034 S 034 E 08 CSWNW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Autunite Unknown
Manganese Ox-Hydrous Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -118.54412, 42.60407
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Date of Last Modification 950403

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALSO CONTAINS MINERAL ILSEMNITE (NAME NOT ALLOWED IN MINERALS TABLE.)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Steens-Pueblo District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRAY, 1991, MILOC DATABASE: OFR O-91-4.

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1956, URANIUM OCCURRENCES ON LITTLE ALVORD CREEK,

  • Deposit

    HARNEY CO.: ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    SCHWARTZ, 1957, AEC PRELIMINARY RECONN REPT R-132, USGS

  • Deposit

    LIBRARY, DENVER, CO.

  • Deposit

    MATTHEW, T.C., 1956, RADIOACTIVE OCCURENCES IN OREGON, 1956:

  • Deposit

    THE ORE BIN, V. 18, NO. 12, P. 106.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-AUG-95 Boleneus, David E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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