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O'Leary

Occurrence in Lake 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040280
MRDS ID M054985
Record type Site
Current site name O'Leary
Related records 10152985

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.61914, 42.56291 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 MI SE OF PAISLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morgan Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Abert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Klamath Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Abert(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fremont-Winema National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 035S 018E 05 CENTER Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AT CENTER OF SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Series Of Vertical Fractures Trending N15-25w, Contain Small Amounts Of Cinnabar

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Discoverer Art Champion

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Fremont National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jerry O'Leary

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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