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Little Hay Creek

Occurrence in Crook 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041043
MRDS ID M055958
Record type Site
Current site name Little Hay Creek
Alternate or previous names Flag Creek, Miller Flat
Related records 10200547

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.44332, 44.41983 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crook(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whistler Point(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 019E 27 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW/4 SEC 27,1000 FT ESE OF SECTION CORNER, LOCATION APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andesite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Softened, Limonitized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.44332, 44.41983
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone N35w Dip 80-85 Ne

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 W, N 70 E
    Dip VERTICAL, STEEPLY S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1930
Discoverer B. Tolliday, R.R. Whitting

Mining district

District name Ochoco Creek

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Ochoco National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NONE RECORDED, PROBABLY 3.5 FL

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 7.62M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE. NO RECORDED PRODUCTION, POSSIBLY 3.5 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

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