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Klamath Hills

Occurrence in Klamath county in Oregon, United States with commodities Mercury, Gold, Silver
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036298
MRDS ID M025059
Record type Site
Current site name Klamath Hills
Related records 10298171

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.70832, 42.04262 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Klamath(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lost River(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Klamath Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Klamath Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lost(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Klamath

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040S 009E 35 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Opal Gangue

Analytical data

Result ODGMI SAMPLE ASSAYED TRACE AU
Result TRACE AG
Result 0.4 LB/TON HG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.70832, 42.04262
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINOR DISSEMINATED CINNABAR IN SILICEOUS SINTER

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, N.V. AND MCINTYRE, J.R., 1970, THE RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 66, P. 50

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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