Rabbit Hole

Past Producer in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodities Mercury, Copper
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040255
MRDS ID M054956
Record type Site
Current site name Rabbit Hole
Alternate or previous names Spring Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.67018, 42.20237 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ladycomb Peak(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)

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 039S 034E 12 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Covellite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification (Opalite)

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Steens Mountain Volcanic Series
    Rock description Steens Mountain Volcanic Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.67018, 42.20237

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Junction Of Two Reefs

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NO CINNABAR SEEN IN PLACE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Discoverer Ora Doan, C. M. Doan, D. E. Wheeler
Production years 1940

Mining district

District name Steens - Pueblo

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Shull, Andrew
    First year 1963

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION NOT RECORDED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 22.25M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A 63 FOOT SHAFT AND A 25 FOOT ADIT

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, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 331.

  • 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

    ROSS, C.P., 1942, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE STEENS AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 931-J, P. 227-258

  • Deposit

    5) WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF S

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 8=87, 1987, TABLE 1, NO. 14, P. 23.

  • Production

    BROOKS, 1963

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references