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Thompson

Occurrence in Douglas county in Oregon, United States with commodity Mercury
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  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040969
MRDS ID M055870
Record type Site
Current site name Thompson
Related records 10158665

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.16311, 43.5662 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scotts Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cottage Grove(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Umpqua(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023S 004W 15 SW OF CENTER Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SEC. 15 LOCATED AT CENTER OF QUARTER SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.16311, 43.5662
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ONCE PART OF ELKHEAD MINE. GEOLOGY SAME AS ELKHEAD, ALTERATION LESS INTENSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Elkhead

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Marvin Thompson
    First year 1963

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

  • 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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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