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Sunset Ccs 2-8, 10-16

Occurrence in Malheur county in Oregon, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10054688
MRDS ID OR07778
Record type Site
Current site name Sunset Ccs 2-8, 10-16
Alternate or previous names Stardust 2-16 Even Numbers Only
Related records 10177507

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.91488, 42.05266 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bretz Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Louse Canyon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jordan Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Malheur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
40S 41E 33 S Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Nearby scientific data

(1) Basalt and andesite
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TERTIARY TUFFACEOUS SEDIMENTS AND LAKE DEPOSITS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Opalite-Bretz

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mock, Theresa, Barber, Ted

Comments on the workings information

  • 25 BACKHOE TRENCHES, 12 ON SUNSET #15, SIZE 5X20X8 FT DEEP. DOZER CUTS ON STARDUST GROUP NATURALLY RECLAIMED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YATES, ROBERT, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE OPALITE DISTRICT, 1941: USGS BULL. 931-N

  • Other Database

    BLM ORMC 18640 MCN 519

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPALITE, PETRIFIED WOOD
Deposit CLAIMS DROPPED 1990. NEG. ASSAY FOR U

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1992 Allen, Garwood Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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