El Dorado

Past Producer in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10176694
MRDS ID M025039
MAS/MILS ID 0410250025
Record type Site
Current site name El Dorado
Alternate or previous names Eldorado Group
Related records 10036280

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.67272, 42.34457 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fields(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alvord Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Adel(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alvord Lake(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(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 Harney

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037 S 033 E 07 NWSWNE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.67272, 42.34457

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Casino District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 995-B, 1953, P. 68.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 55, 1963, P. 197.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, TABLE 26, P. 330.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-SEP-95 Leszcykowski, Andrew M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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