Jordan Prospect

Prospect in Malheur county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury
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 10178145
MRDS ID M054918
MAS/MILS ID 0410450007
Record type Site
Current site name Jordan Prospect
Alternate or previous names Hope Butte, Riddle
Related records 10092561

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.46241, 44.07796 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hope Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brogan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willow(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(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 Malheur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 017 S 043 E 21 C E2 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.46241, 44.07796

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 55, 1963,

  • Deposit

    P. 213-215.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, TABLE 26, P. 332.

  • Deposit

    DOGAMI MLR 23-0173

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-AUG-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.