| Deposit ID | 10040260 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M054961 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mogul |
| Related records | 10225833 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.7038, 42.29626 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 4 MI NW OF FIELDS |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Harney |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 037S | 032E | 26 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Kaolinite | Gangue |
| Opal | 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) | -118.7038, 42.29626 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Local Fracturing |
| Strike | N 35 W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 50 E |
| Length | 9.14M |
| Width | 4.57M |
| Depth to bottom | 6.1M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1939 |
| Discoverer | C. M. Doan And Pete Cachenaut |
| Production years | 1941 - 1942 |
| District name | Steens - Pueblo |
|---|
| Year | 1963 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | To 1963 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | HG | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^7-8 Lb/Ton | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 33.53M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M054961 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410250031 |
BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252
FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000
BROOKS
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1976 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1980 | Ferns, Mark L. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1993 | Frank, Dave | 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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