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Bullion Quartz Claim

Occurrence in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033237
MRDS ID M015534
Record type Site
Current site name Bullion Quartz Claim
Alternate or previous names Idol City Mine
Related records 10152601

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.89409, 42.77792 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frenchglen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Steens Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Adel(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Donner und Blitzen(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Harney

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
021S 032E 04 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON SHAFT SYMBOL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ASSAY VALUES FROM $14.00 TO $500 PER TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.89409, 42.77792
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 4.27M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Harvey

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Trout Creek Mining And Milling Co.

Comments on the production information

  • ACCORDING TO REPORTS MUCH WORK WAS DONE UP TO 1916 .

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FT OF TUNNEL AND 40 FT. OF A TWO COMPARTMENT SHAFT. ACCORDING TO REPORTS MUCH WORK WAS DONE UP TO 1916 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARKS, H. M., AND SWARTLEY, A. M., 1916 , HANDBOOK OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF OREGON: ORE. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, V. 2 , NO. 4 , P. 224

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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