Norton Fork Copper Deposits

Prospect in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodity Copper
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10201434
MRDS ID OR05846
MAS/MILS ID 0410230248
Record type Site
Current site name Norton Fork Copper Deposits
Related records 10053001

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.87106, 44.32655 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Creek Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

John Day(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Malheur National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Strawberry Mountain Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014 S 032 E 16 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Unknown
Malachite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.87106, 44.32655

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 68N
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Strike And Dip N60W:68N
    Date of Last Modification 820810

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-AUG-92 Stotelmeyer, Ron U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.