| Deposit ID | 10048429 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | MP00014 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Westerling |
| Alternate or previous names | Wesserling |
| Geographic coordinates: | -120.30138, 44.35678 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
| Relative position | 0.5 MI SOUTH OF AMITY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Crook(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lookout Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Prineville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Bend(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Crook |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 014S | 020E | 14 | W2 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Model code | 177 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Hg |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Clarno Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Clarno Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -120.30138, 44.35678 |
|---|
| General form | STRINGERS |
|---|---|
| Width | 21.34M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1930 |
| Discoverer | W. J. Wesserling |
| District name | Johnson Creek |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | MP00014 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410130035 |
FREDERICK, FRANCIS, 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATIONS OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000.
GILLULY, JAMES, REED, J.C., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1933, SOME MINING DISTRICTS OF EASTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 846-A, P. 120-121.
BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 55, P. 166.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MERCURY IN OREGON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 328.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CINNABAR HAS BEEN FOUND THROUGHOUT A 70 FT WIDE BELT STRIKING N45E |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-91 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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