Dawson Mercury Prospect

Prospect in Jackson 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10128279
MRDS ID M055928
MAS/MILS ID 0410290615
Record type Site
Current site name Dawson Mercury Prospect
Related records 10041019

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.67174, 42.64263 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McLeod(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crater Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rogue(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034 S 001 E 02 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -122.67174, 42.64263

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Carl Dawson
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, TABLE 26, P. 320.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-MAY-92 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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