Kidnap Spring

Occurrence in Crook county in Oregon, United States with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041038
MRDS ID M055952
Record type Site
Current site name Kidnap Spring
Alternate or previous names Wild Rose
Related records 10128744

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.65305, 44.42705 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crook(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salt Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prineville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bend(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Crooked(hydrologic unit)

Deschutes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ochoco National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Crook

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 013S 017E 23 NE OF CENTER Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE/4 SEC 23, LOCATED AT CENTER OF QUARTER SECTION. NO UTM GRID ON MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Clarno Formation;Clarno Formation;Clarno Formation
    Rock description Clarno Formation;Clarno Formation;Clarno Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.65305, 44.42705

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 76.2M
    Width 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZATION MAY BE RELATED TO AN UNDISCOVERED PLUG

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1931
Discoverer Asa Battles, R. R. Hunter, J. H. Rosenburg

Mining district

District name Kidnap Spring

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Ochoco National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dayton Glover, Walter Lidstrom
    First year 1963

Comments on the production information

  • NONE RECORDED, POSSIBLY 5 FL

Comments on the workings information

  • NO RECORDED PRODUCTION, POSSIBLY 5 FL PRODUCED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

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

Beyond USGS

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