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Horse Creek

Occurrence in Jefferson 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041075
MRDS ID M055996
Record type Site
Current site name Horse Creek
Related records 10142881

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.46222, 44.62816 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sandrock Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stephenson Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bend(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 011S 019E 09 W Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • W/2 SEC 9

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Marcasite Ore
Clay Gangue
Epsomite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified And Altered To Clays

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.46222, 44.62816
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Horse Heaven

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bert Roark And Glen Stephenson

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

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

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