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Lowgrade Claims (Pleasant Val; Low Grade Prospect), Pleasant Valley Mining District, Baker County, Oregon, USAi
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Lowgrade Claims (Pleasant Val; Low Grade Prospect)Group of Claims
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Baker CountyCounty
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
44° 41' 15'' North , 117° 34' 59'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
44.68750,-117.58306
GeoHash:
G#: 9ruqhr4es
GRN:
N30W61
Type:
Group of Claims
Köppen climate type:
Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Baker City9,752 (2017)22.1km
Richland176 (2017)34.0km
Haines418 (2017)37.5km
Halfway291 (2017)42.7km
Huntington437 (2017)45.0km
Mindat Locality ID:
150103
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:150103:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:U.S. BUR. MINES RI 5472, 1959, P. 7-8.
Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C., MCINTYRE, J.R. AND WALKER, G.W., 1977, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OREGON PART OF THE BAKER 1 DEG BY 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, GMS-7, ODGMI
Deposit:: 1954, RECON ODGMI FILE REPORT
Deposit:: 1954 RECON ODGMI, FILE REPORT
Deposit:: OREGON DEPART
Commodities (Major) - Manganese
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Canyon Mountain Complex
Host Rock: Chert, Argillite
Tectonic Structure: Oceanic Sediments

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