| Deposit ID | 10036290 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M025049 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lost Cinnabar |
| Alternate or previous names | Towner Claim |
| Geographic coordinates: | -120.43027, 44.10512 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Crook(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mule Deer Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Prineville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Bend(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Crooked(hydrologic unit)
Deschutes(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Columbia(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Crook |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 017S | 019E | 10 | S | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff |
| Rock unit name | Clarno Formation |
| Rock description | Clarno Formation |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| (1) | -120.43027, 44.10512 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | An Arcuate Fault System Parallels The Intrusive Contact |
| General form | POCKETS, LENSES, IRREGULAR MASSES |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1930 |
| Discoverer | J.E. Staley And Frank Towner |
| District name | Maury Mountain |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Oregon Pacific Industries |
| First year | 1965 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ruby Towner Davis |
| First year | 1977 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M025049 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410130137 |
BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 55, P. 154
BROWN, R.E., WATERS, A.C., AND WALKER, G.W., 1945, THE QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MAURY MOUNTAINS MINES; CROOK COUNTY, OREGON; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT
STEPHENSON, E.L., 1943, GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY IN THE OCHOCO QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, OREGON; USGS BULL. 940-C, P. 91
1941 GEOPHYS STEPHENSON, E.L., REFERENCE 3
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DUPLICATE M055190 HAS BEEN DELETED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1980 | Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1993 | Gray, Jerry J. | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries |
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