| Deposit ID | 10040256 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M054957 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Red King |
| Alternate or previous names | O'Keefe Copper ? |
| Related records | 10225564 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.68823, 42.20293 (WGS84) |
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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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Harney |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 039S | 034E | 11 | S | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 154 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25e |
| Deposit model name | Epithermal quartz-alunite Au |
| Mark3 model number | 38 |
| 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 | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -118.68823, 42.20293 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Brecciation |
| Strike | N 20 W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 50 E |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1939 |
| Discoverer | Glenn Stephenson, Andrew Shull, Bert Roark |
| District name | Steens - Pueblo |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Shull, Andrew |
| First year | 1963 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 45.72M |
| Overall depth | 5.18M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M054957 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410250035 |
BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 995-B, 1953, P. 55.
WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF STEENS MOUNTAIN AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHEAST OREGON; USGS BULL. 995-B, P.55
ROSS, C.P., 1942, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE STEENS AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN OREGON; USGS BULL. 931-J, P.255
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1976 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-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 |
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