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Woodard

Occurrence in Lane 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040968
MRDS ID M055868
Record type Site
Current site name Woodard
Alternate or previous names Bald Butte, Cinnabar Mountain
Related records 10201638

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.06727, 43.56259 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lane(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harness Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cottage Grove(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coast Fork Willamette(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Lane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023S 003W 17 SE OF SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • MANY SMALL PROSPECTS ON LITTLE BALDY BUTTE AND CINNABAR MOUNTAIN SOUTH OF BLACK BUTTE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Alteration

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

Analytical data

Result 287 SAMPLES TAKEN BY USBM CREW IN 1942
Result NONE EXCEEDED TRACE OF HG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Fisher
    Rock description Fisher

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.06727, 43.56259
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone, Traceable For About 2 Miles, Trends N15-35w, 1/4 Mile Wide

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GEOLOGY SIMILAR TO BLACK BUTTE MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Butte

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 243.84M

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-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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