The Allen Prospect is a nickel mine located in Baker county, Oregon.
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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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Allen Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Allen Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Nickel
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
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE OF 0.26 % NI - FIVE SAMPLES RANGE FROM 0.01 TO 0.33 % NI
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC 22 .; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT HAS CONSISTED OF SMALL OPEN CUTS AND SHORT ADIT.
Comment (Geology): SHEARED LENTICULAR SERPENTINITE BODY LYING BETWEEN QUARTZ DIORITE AND ARGILLITE. SOME LIGHTER GREEN SERPENTINE MINERALS MAY CONTAIN NICKEL.
References
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, 1978 , INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: ODGMI MISC. PAPER NO. 20 , P. 59
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