Chukar Group

Prospect in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodities Arsenic, 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 10201739
MRDS ID M054955
MAS/MILS ID 0410250037
Record type Site
Current site name Chukar Group
Alternate or previous names Blue Bull Mine
Related records 10040254

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.67601, 42.17707 (WGS84)
Elevation 1621
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

Ladycomb Peak(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 039 S 034 E 24 SENWNW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.67601, 42.17707

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pueblo

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 931-J, 1942, P. 227-258.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 55, 1963, P. 202.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, TABLE 26, P. 329.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 8-87, 1987, TABLE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 13, P. 23.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-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.