Platner

Past Producer 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. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041051
MRDS ID M055968
Record type Site
Current site name Platner
Alternate or previous names Bear Creek, Wiltsie and Platner
Related records 10274523

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.7161, 44.00122 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crook(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alkali Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prineville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bend(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Crooked(hydrologic unit)

Deschutes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Crook

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 018S 017E 17,20 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Fault Zone, Limonized

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.7161, 44.00122

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone, Contact Of Flows & Tuffs

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1930
Discoverer Mrs. Frank Platner
Production years 1940, 1942, 1954, 1958

Mining district

District name Bear Creek

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hugo Dobler

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Period To 1963
    Material HG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^9 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 2033g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY CLOSER TO 45 FL PRODUCED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY ONLY VERY SMALL RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS PARTIALLY CAVED

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

  • Production

    BROOKS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD (W017068) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE. ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H
Deposit DUPLICATE M060849 HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1978 Horley, D. And Walker, G. W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.