Pueblo Group

Past Producer in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036278
MRDS ID M025037
Record type Site
Current site name Pueblo Group
Alternate or previous names Pueblo Gold Mining Co.
Related records 10152544

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.62879, 42.10404 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Van Horn Basin(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Harney

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040S 035E 17 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result FOUR ODGMI ASSAYS AVERAGED 0.15 OZ/TON AU AND 0.07 OZ/TON AG

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 154
USGS model code 25e
Deposit model name Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Mark3 model number 38

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.62879, 42.10404

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E
    Dip 70E
    Width 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Discoverer A Mr. Brown

Mining district

District name Steens-Pueblo

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tom Lawson
    Home office Denio, Nv.
    First year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION, SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS OF FREE GOLD IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN MILLED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 97.54M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY THREE SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TWO ADITS NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION, SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS OF FREE GOLD IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN MILLED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 55, P. 202

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R. R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF STEENS MOUNTAIN AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHEAST OREGON; USGS BULL. 995-B, P. 49

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 161

  • Deposit

    MERCURY IN OREGON: USBM IC 8252, 1965, TABLE 26, P. 331.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE MLA 8-87, 1987, TABLE 1, NO. 37, P. 27.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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