Blair Group

Occurrence in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodities Mercury, Barium-Barite, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040259
MRDS ID M054960
Record type Site
Current site name Blair Group
Alternate or previous names Connor - Blair
Related records 10152369

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.71408, 42.30348 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fields(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 037S 032E 26 CENTER Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AT CENTER OF SECTION RANGE 32 3/4E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Malachite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Opal Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor Silicification

Analytical data

Result EIGHT ODGMI ANALYSES AVERAGED 4.5 LB/TON HG. RANGE WAS FROM NIL TO 14.7 LB/TON HG

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) -118.71408, 42.30348

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROPERTY CONTAINS TWO SILICA-LIMONITE 'REEFS' WHICH ARE ALINED WITH THE LODES ON THE MOGUL TO THE SOUTHEAST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Discoverer Rube Blair

Mining district

District name Steens - Pueblo

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rube Blair
    First year 1963

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY DEVELOPED BY TWO SHORT ADITS.

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. 329.

  • 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 IN 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 STE

  • Deposit

    LANCASTER, H.K., 1941, BLAIR GROUP, OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1941 RECON UNPUBLISHED FILE REPOR

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.