Jack Pot Claims

Prospect in Harney 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. 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 10298505
MRDS ID M054966
MAS/MILS ID 0410250023
Record type Site
Current site name Jack Pot Claims
Related records 10095479

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.55662, 42.56407 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alvord Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Steens Mountain(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 034 S 034 E 30 SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.55662, 42.56407

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 Steens-Pueblo District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 55, 1963, P. 196.

  • Deposit

    MINOR & OTHERS, 1987, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE HIGH STEENS

  • Deposit

    & LITTLE BLITZEN GORGE WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, HARNEY CO.,

  • Deposit

    OREGON: USGS BULL 1740-A, P. A6-A7.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-APR-95 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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