Fisher

Past Producer in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, 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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10298515
MRDS ID M054965
MAS/MILS ID 0410250024
Record type Site
Current site name Fisher
Alternate or previous names Doan Group, Fisher & Regal & Sheepherder Claims, Regal, Sheepherder, Fisher and Regal Group
Related records 10040264

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.65792, 42.38737 (WGS84)
Elevation 1551
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

V Lake(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 036 S 033 E 29 SWSENW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.65792, 42.38737

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Date of Last Modification 950705

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
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

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED 1.5 FLASKS MERCURY IN 1940

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 196-197.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS AND COMPTON, U.S.G.S. BULL 995, P. 68.

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.