Poor Boy

Occurrence in Douglas 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  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 10040978
MRDS ID M055882
Record type Site
Current site name Poor Boy
Alternate or previous names Monte Carlo Claims, Crispin, Last Chance

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.83282, 43.05149 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 MI NE OF TILLER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dumont Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Diamond Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Umpqua(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Umpqua National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029S 001W 16 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • TWO SHORT ADITS ABOUT 2000 FT APART ON BUDD CREEK. LOCATION IS OF EASTERN ADIT; SHOWN ON QUADRANGLE MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified And Altered To Clays And Limonite, Kaolinized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Colestin-Fisher
    Rock description Colestin-Fisher
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.83282, 43.05149

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1927
Discoverer Dave Crispen

Mining district

District name Tiller

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Umpqua National Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. E. Belcher, Emmett Belcher
    First year 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.

  • Deposit

    MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADITS EXPLORE FAULT ZONES WHICH STRIKE NW AND DIP STEEPLY; SMALL AND DISCONTINUOUS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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