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Ben-Bret 1-15

Occurrence in Malheur county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Uranium, 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. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10054689
MRDS ID OR07779
Record type Site
Current site name Ben-Bret 1-15
Related records 10177829

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.82889, 42.00611 (WGS84)
Elevation 1506

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boghole Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Louse Canyon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jordan Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Malheur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
41S 42E 18 SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Uranium Primary
Mercury Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Glass Shards Altered To Clay

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.82889, 42.00611
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TERTIARY/MIOCENE RHYOLITE AND DACITE FLOWS, WELDED TUFF

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Opalite-Bretz

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Le Bret, James 9-1-702-272-3236

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PIT, 15' SHAFT WITH OLD WINDLASS, TWO DRILL HOLES IN 1978 BY CHEVRON FOR U. POST 1981 WORKINGS RECLAIMED AND DRILL HOLES FILLED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 931-N, 1941, P.319-348, ROBERT G. YATES, OPALITE DISTRICT

  • Other Database

    BLM ORMC OR 46508

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILICIFIED HOT SPRING WITH QTZ SINTER, OPALIZED BRECCIATED TUFF, JASPER, LIMONITE, PYRITE. CLAIMANT SAYS GRAB SAMPLE RAN 0.02 OZ/T AU.
Deposit RECLAIMED AND ALLOWED TO LAPSE. BEN-BRET 5 HAS STAINLESS STEEL PLACARD NOTING LOST RADIOACTIVE SONDE IN DRILL HOLE, 12 DEC 1979.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1992-01-01 Allen, Garwood Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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