The Table Top Prospect is a nickel and asbestos mine located in Baker county, Oregon.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Table Top Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Table Top Prospect
Secondary: Nickel Dome
Commodity
Primary: Nickel
Primary: Asbestos
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Serpentine-hosted asbestos
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica Leaching, Limonite From Iron-Bearing Carbonates
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: THE OTHERS RANGE FROM 0.10 TO 0.16 % NI.
Analytical Data: SAMPLES INDICATE LOW NICKEL VALUES OF SIX SAMPLES, HIGHEST VALUE IS 0.485 % NI
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SEC 34
Comment (Development): CLAIMS POSTED BY R. A. GRIFFITH AND LESTER HICE IN SEPT. 1944 BUT WERE APPARENTLY NEVER RECORDED. SUBSEQUENT CLAIMS HAVE BEEN FILED ON THE OCCURRENCES FROM TIME TO TIME.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL SMALL HAND-DUG PITS.
Comment (Geology): ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS OCCUR IN A WINDOW OF PRE-JURASSIC SERPENTINITE AND BURNT RIVER SCHIST WHICH HAS BEEN FAULTED INTO JURASSIC WACKE. THESE ARE UNCONFORMABLY OVERLAIN BY TERTIARY TUFFACEOUS SEDIMENTS AND THIN TERTIARY BASALT FLOWS. THE GREEN MICAS OCCUR IN A SILICA-LIMONITE BOXWORK IN ALTERED SERPENTINITE
Comment (Deposit): REFERENCE NUMBER (M014475) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1969 COMPIL ODGMI REFERENCE 1
Reference (Deposit): 1948 RECON ODGMI FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, 1978 , INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: ODGMI MISC. PAPER NO. 20 , P. 61 - 62
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