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Bryam-Oscar

Past Producer in Crook 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. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040420
MRDS ID M055193
Record type Site
Current site name Bryam-Oscar
Related records 10152326

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.52861, 44.34177 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crook(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cadle Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prineville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bend(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Crooked(hydrologic unit)

Deschutes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ochoco 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 Crook

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014S 018E 23 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Extensive Clay Alterations Along Faults And Shear Zones

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Clarno Formation, Andesite Flows, Tuff
    Rock description Clarno Formation, Andesite Flows, Tuff
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.52861, 44.34177
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Many Local Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Surfaces In Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ANDESITE AND BASALT FLOWS OF THE EOCENE CLARNO FM. OVERLAIN BY LATER ANDESITE AND BASALT FLOWS AND TUFFS. PLUGS AND DIKES OF RHYOLITE AND ANDESITE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXTRUSIVE ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1932
Discoverer A. J. Champion, Grover Keeton
Production years 1935 - 1937

Mining district

District name Ochoco Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ernest Grubbe
    First year 1963

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Period To 1963
    Material HG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^8 - 10 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 4066g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • OTHER SOURCES GIVE 150 FL PRODUCED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 28.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS AS OF CA. MID - 1940'S. LAST OPERATED 1936 . WORKINGS CAVED. OTHER SOURCES GIVE 150 FL PRODUCED.

Comments on development

  • DRIER AND FURNACE ON PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., 1963 , QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 55 , 223 P.

  • Production

    BROOKS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1973 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-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

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