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Custer Young

Occurrence in Jefferson 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040290
MRDS ID M054998
Record type Site
Current site name Custer Young
Alternate or previous names Butte and View Claims
Related records 10135510

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.73695, 44.72539 (WGS84)
Relative position .5 MI E OF ASHWOOD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Axehandle Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stephenson Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bend(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Trout(hydrologic unit)

Deschutes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010S 017E 06 S Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • S/2 SEC 6

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Marcasite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS INDICATE VERY LOW GRADE ORE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.73695, 44.72539
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1937
Discoverer Charles & Lavoy Swanson

Mining district

District name Horse Heaven

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Custer Young

Comments on the production information

  • NONE RECORDED, PROBABLY 2 FL

Comments on the workings information

  • NOW CAVED NONE RECORDED, PROBABLY 2 FL

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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