Currier

Past Producer in Lake county in Oregon, United States with commodities Mercury, Barium-Barite
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10040283
MRDS ID M054988
Record type Site
Current site name Currier
Alternate or previous names Lucky Boy No. 1
Related records 10225962

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.76497, 42.74928 (WGS84)
Relative position 12 MI NW OF PAISLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harvey Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Abert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Klamath Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Summer 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 Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 032S 016E 36 CENTER Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AT CENTER OF SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Mercury Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay, Silica And Carbonate Alteration And Impregnation Of The Host Rocks

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.76497, 42.74928

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shearing, Brecciation

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS
    Strike N
    Dip E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Cinnabar Occurs In Chalcedony Veinlets And Along Fractures In The Shear Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1934
Discoverer Present Owner

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. M. Currier
    First year 1963

Comments on the production information

  • 2.5 FL PRODUCTION, NOT RECORDED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252

  • 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

    5) ROSS, C.P., 1941, SOME QUICKSILVER PROS

  • Production

    BROOKS

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.