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Woodson Long

Occurrence in Harney 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040250
MRDS ID M054950
Record type Site
Current site name Woodson Long
Related records 10152363

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.37992, 43.76236 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Drewsey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stinkingwater Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Burns(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Malheur(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(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
Willamette 021S 035E 10 E OF E Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • BROOKS (1963) LOCATION IS WRONG

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Limonite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Clay Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay, Sericite Alteration Of Host Rocks Locally

Analytical data

Result 6 SAMPLES TAKEN BY BROOKS RANGED FROM 0.3 TO 1.1 LB HG/TON

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.37992, 43.76236
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 E
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silicified Breccia Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • RHYOLITE IS MOSTLY GLASSY AND VESICULAR PARTLY INTRUSIVE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Discoverer Present Owners

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Woodson Long, Allen J. Long
    First year 1963

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., ODGMI, FIELD NOTES 1968

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) 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

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