West Prospect

The West Prospect is a mine located in Grant 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

Name: West Prospect  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 37.96278, -120.25528

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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


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