The West Prospect is a 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
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West Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: West Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
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
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Rhodonite
Ore: Spessartite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: RHODONITE OCCURS AS LAYERS OR LENSES IN A SMALL BLOCK OF SILICEOUS CALAVERAS SCHIST INCLUDED IN GRANODIORITE NEAR CONTACT OF GRANODIORITE WITH SCHIST. SPESSARTITE IS ASSOCIATED WITH RHODONITE. SMALL RADIATING TUFFS OF FIBROUS MANGANESE AMPHIBOLE OCCUR. INTENSE METAMORPHISM HAS DEVELOPED LARGE CRYSTALS OF RHODONITE AND GARNET
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 345
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 208
Oregon Gold
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