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Farnham

Past Producer in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Mercury, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10249851
MRDS ID M054953
MAS/MILS ID 0410250039
Record type Site
Current site name Farnham
Alternate or previous names Cooney, Wonder Rock, Pueblo Group, Canfield Tunnel, Pueblo, Denfield Mine
Related records 10040252

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.63021, 42.11657 (WGS84)
Elevation 1830
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

Van Horn Basin(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 040 S 035 E 08 SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Chalcedony Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Cinnabar Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Tenorite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Sedimentary and volcanic rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 70E
    Thickness 0.5M
    Length 600M
    Width 10M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N00S:70E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 16HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Year of first production 1919

Mining district

District name Pueblo

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tom Lawson
    Interest 100
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner M. A. Jenson And Bruce Roeding
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 995-B, 1953, P. 19-77.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 61, 1968, P. 161.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NO. 26, P. 23.

  • Deposit

    RAMBOSEK & HOLDEN,1956, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION PRELIM.

  • Deposit

    RECONNAISANCE REPORT R-91, U.S.G.S. LIBRARY, DENVER, COLO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE TETRAHEDRITE ON RECORD 071 IS THE MERCURIAN VARIETY, SCHWAZITE. THE DETAILS OF LOCATION ON RECORD 030 ARE TAKEN FROM THE 1:250,000 SCALE MAP. THERE ARE NO RESERVES IN ANY CATAGORY AT THE FARNHAM-PUEBLO PROPERTY. THE DOWN-DIP EXTENT OF THE SCATTERED MINERALIZATION CANNOT BE DETERMINED. EXAMINATION BY RAMBOSEK AND HOLDEN (1956) FOUND NO SURFACE RADIOACTIVITY OR POTENTIAL FOR URANIUM PRODUCTION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-95 Munts, Steven R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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