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Angel Peak

Past Producer in Lake 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103767
MRDS ID M054992
Record type Site
Current site name Angel Peak
Alternate or previous names Four Square
Related records 10201291

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.74414, 42.32096 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cougar Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lakeview(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Klamath Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sprague(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fremont-Winema 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 Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037S 017E 32 NW OF NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW/4 NW/4 SEC 32

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Alunite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Host Rocks Are Partly Opalized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.74414, 42.32096
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 12.19M
    Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Discoverer Present Owners
Production years 1958 - 1959

Mining district

District name Quartz Mountain

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Fremont National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lynn Tomlin, G. B. Johnston, D. V. Morrison
    First year 1963

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, N. V. AND MCINTYRE, J. R., 1970, THE RECONNAISANCE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 66, P. 49

  • Production

    BROOKS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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