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Sutherland

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040973
MRDS ID M055875
Record type Site
Current site name Sutherland
Related records 10298567

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.21783, 43.36703 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oak Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North 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 025S 004W 30 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Analytical data

Result ONLY TRACES OF CINNABAR HAVE BEEN DETECTED

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Umpqua
    Rock description Umpqua
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.21783, 43.36703
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone Along Contact Between Tuffaceous Sandstone And Basalt

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NO CINNABAR SEEN WHEN INSPECTED IN 1934

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bonanza Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADIT, SHALLOW SHAFT, 4 DOZER TRENCHES 250 TO 300 FT LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F. G., AND WATERS, A. C., 1934, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 850.

  • 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-MAR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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