The Thornton Scheelite Prospect is a tungsten, silver, and gold mine located in Grant 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Tungsten, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 44.69389, -118.62556
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Thornton Scheelite Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Thornton Scheelite Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Greenhorn
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Malheur Natioal Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Lester Thornton
Years: 1954 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.12 % WO3
Analytical Data: 0.10 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: A 2.8 FOOT CHANNEL SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.02 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Geology): SCHEELITE OCCURS IN RANDOM VEINLETS AND BUNCHES
References
Reference (Deposit): 1955 RECON ODGMI FILE REPOR
Reference (Deposit): WAGNER, N.S., 1955, THORTON PROSPECT (SCHEELITE); ODGMI FILE REPORT
Oregon Gold
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