Mile High

Occurrence in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040240
MRDS ID M054937
Record type Site
Current site name Mile High
Related records 10176984

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.62879, 42.09848 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Van Horn Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alvord Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Adel(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alvord Lake(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Harney

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040S 035E 17 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 154
USGS model code 25e
Deposit model name Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Mark3 model number 38

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.62879, 42.09848

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. R. Mc Culloch
    First year 1965

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERCURY IN OREGON: USBM IC 8252

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.