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Farnham

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040252
MRDS ID M054953
Record type Site
Current site name Farnham
Alternate or previous names Wonder Rock
Related records 10249851

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.62879, 42.1057 (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 08 S OF S Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROPERTIES ACTUALLY PROSPECTED FOR GOLD AND COPPER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Alteration

Analytical data

Result ODGMI ASSAY SHOWS 0.10 OZ/TON AU
Result 0.10 OZ/TON AG. A HIGH GRADE MERCURY ORE SAMPLE RAN 55.7 LBS/TON HG

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.62879, 42.1057
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 45-60E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Steens - Pueblo

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tom Lawson

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW HUNDRED POUNDS HG, NOT RECORDED; SMALL SHIPMENTS OF GOLD REPORTED, NOT RECORDED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VERY SMALL RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 237.74M

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW HUNDRED POUNDS HG, NOT RECORDED; SMALL SHIPMENTS OF GOLD REPORTED, NOT RECORDED.

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, TABLE 26, P. 330.

  • Deposit

    FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    5) WILLIAMS, H., AND COMPTON, RR, 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF STEENS MOUNTAIN AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS,

  • Deposit

    U.S.BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 8-87, 1987, TABLE 1, NO. 26, P. 23.

  • Production

    BROOKS, 1963

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 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

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