White Swan

Occurrence in Crook county in Oregon, United States with commodities Mercury, Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048657
MRDS ID MP00269
Record type Site
Current site name White Swan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.69638, 43.97622 (WGS84)
Elevation 1143
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.7 MI SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CONFLUENCE OF BEAR AND LITTLE BEAR CREEKS, Estimated Near Center Of South Half Of Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crook(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rodman Rim(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brothers(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crescent(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 28 S2 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gypsum, Pyritization, Argillic

Analytical data

Result 0.002 PPM AU, 0.13-0.14 PPM AG, 3-19 PPM AS, 0.06-0.3 PPM HG, 14-51 PPM CU, 4-15 PPM PB, 58-68 PPM ZN, 1.7-17.1 PPM MO IN TWO SAMPLES

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Clarno Formation
    Rock description Clarno Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.69638, 43.97622

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bear Creek District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 14.33M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    WILKENING AND CUMMINGS

  • Deposit

    WILKENING, R.M., AND CUMMINGS, M.L., 1987, MERCURY AND URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE CLARNO AND JOHN DAY FORMATIONS, BEAR CREEK BUTTE AREA, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON GEOLOGY, V. 49, NO. 9, P. 103-110

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-93 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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