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Harmony Prospect

Occurrence in Curry 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040987
MRDS ID M055894
Record type Site
Current site name Harmony Prospect
Alternate or previous names Olson and Needham
Related records 10298448

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.20785, 42.75342 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Barklow Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Orford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sixes(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 032S 013W 35 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS SHOWED 0.2, 3.05, 0.15 LB/TON HG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Myrtle Group;Galice
    Rock description Myrtle Group;Galice
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.20785, 42.75342
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 E
    Dip STEEP

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Between Galice Shale And Myrtle Conglomerate And Sandstone (Strikes N 35 E); Cinnabar And Calcite Impregnate Conglomerate Near The Fault.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1937
Discoverer J. A. Olson, D. E. Needham

Mining district

District name Barklow Mountain

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Daniel D Keohane,A C Schafer,B P Harmon

Comments on development

  • SMALL OPENCUTS AND A SHORT ADIT, 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

    RAMP, L., SCHLICKER, H. G., AND GRAY, J. J., 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIALS OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 93, P. 46

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED ZONE IS TRACEABLE FOR 1000 FT

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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