Breitenbush Hot Springs Cinnabar

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095322
MRDS ID M025320
Record type Site
Current site name Breitenbush Hot Springs Cinnabar
Related records 10298894

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.9581, 44.77176 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marion(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Breitenbush Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Madras(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bend(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Santiam(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Willamette 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 Marion

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
009S 007E 20 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION FOR BREITENBUSH HOT SPRINGS; CHANGED FROM 44-46-19N/124-30-25W ON 6/27/91

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Metacinnabar Ore
Pyrite Ore
Opal Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Breitenbush
    Rock description Breitenbush
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.9581, 44.77176

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ACTIVE HOT SPRINGS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Santiam

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Willamette National Forest

Comments on development

  • THREE TUBE ROSS: RETORT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHLICKER, H.G., 1964, BREITENBUSH HOT SPRINGS CINNABAR PROSPECT, ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Johnson, Kathleen M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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