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Peaslee 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041062
MRDS ID M055982
Record type Site
Current site name Peaslee Creek
Related records 10176866

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.37499, 44.3554 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crook(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lookout Mountain(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

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 014S 020E 18 CENTER Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AT CENTER OF SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.37499, 44.3554
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CINNABAR IN ALLUVIUM ALONG BANKS OF CREEK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Ochoco National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank O'Kelly

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., 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

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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