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School Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Lake county in Oregon, United States with commodities Mercury, Gold
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036295
MRDS ID M025056
Record type Site
Current site name School Creek Prospect
Related records 10273900

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.81997, 42.63678 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harvey Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Abert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Klamath Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sprague(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fremont-Winema National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034S 016E 10 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Opal Gangue

Analytical data

Result ODGMI SAMPLES ASSAYED TRACE AU
Result 3.7 LB/TON HG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.81997, 42.63678
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CINNABAR OCCURS AS FRACTURE COATINGS IN OPALIZED, BLEACHED RHYOLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Fremont National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, N.V. AND MCINTYRE, J.R., 1970, THE RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EASTERN KLAMATH AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTIES; OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 66, P. 50

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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