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Pioneer Prospect

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Mercury, Antimony, Gold
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040227
MRDS ID M054920
Record type Site
Current site name Pioneer Prospect
Alternate or previous names Hereford Antimony Prospect, Alkali Springs
Related records 10200790

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.0741, 44.51097 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beaverdam Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 012S 038E 19 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE/4 SEC 20 NW/4 SEC 19

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Pyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Slight Clay And Limonite Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.0741, 44.51097
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DACITE PORPHYRY LOCALLY CONTAINS DISSEMINATED PYRITE. CINNABAR OCCURS WITH CLAY AND LIMONITE IN A FAULT BRECCIA IN THE DACITE. ; GEOL.DESC: PART OF PROPERTY IS OCCUPIED BY AN ACTIVE HOT SPRING; A NEARLY VERTICAL FAULT, TRENDING N 75 W IS EXPLORED BY WORKINGS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1958
Discoverer Present Owners

Mining district

District name Upper Burnt River

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James Anderson, James Dickerson, Albert Smith

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A 15 - FT. SHAFT AND SEVERAL BULLDOZER TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSV. RECORD ( M014122 ) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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