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Haight

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040218
MRDS ID M054909
Record type Site
Current site name Haight
Alternate or previous names Chandler and Haight, Patterson & Allen
Related records 10225321

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.00217, 44.31235 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fall Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dayville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014S 031E 33 CENTER Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AT CENTER OF SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.00217, 44.31235
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN MATTER IS COMPOSED OF BROKEN QUARTZ IN MATRIX OF HEMATITE, RECEMENTED BY DRUSY CALCITE. MOST OF VEIN MATTER SHOWS ONLY TRACES OR IS ENTIRELY BARREN. GOLD OCCURS IN POCKETS USUALLY LESS THAN ONE FOOT IN DIAMETER. POCKETS USUALLY OCCUR WHERE VEINS INTERSECT OR CHANGE IN ATTITUDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner P. F. Chandler And C. P. Haight

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE AROUND TUNNEL ENTRANCE TO A DEPTH OF 15 OR 20 FT. FOR NEARLY 200 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.

  • Deposit

    MERCURY IN OREGON: USBM IC 8252

  • Deposit

    FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000

  • Deposit

    BROOKS H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 147 .

  • Deposit

    5) OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 26 - 27 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO SPECIFIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 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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