Watrous Prospect

Prospect in Tillamook county in Oregon, United States with commodity 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10274831
MRDS ID M055947
MAS/MILS ID 0410570086
Record type Site
Current site name Watrous Prospect
Related records 10041034

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -123.93153, 45.64559 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tillamook(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nehalem(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nehalem River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nehalem(hydrologic unit)

Northern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Tillamook

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 002 N 010 W 20 E Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) Alluvial deposits

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 55, 1963, P. 112.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, TABLE 26, P. 324.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-MAY-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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