| Deposit ID | 10040261 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M054962 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lucky Strike |
| Related records | 10225531 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.69908, 42.29209 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 4 MI NE 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 | 25 | SW | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Kaolinite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 154 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25e |
| Deposit model name | Epithermal quartz-alunite Au |
| Mark3 model number | 38 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt | ||||
| |||||
| 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) | -118.69908, 42.29209 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1929 |
| Discoverer | Pete Cachenaut, Ora And Robert Doan |
| District name | Steens - Pueblo |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M054962 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410250030 |
BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 330.
FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000
ROSS, C.P., 1942, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE STEENS AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN OREGON, USGS BULL. 931-J, P. 227-258
5) WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF
| 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 |
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