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Idol City Mine

Occurrence in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095290
MRDS ID M025050
Record type Site
Current site name Idol City Mine
Alternate or previous names Faith, Jack Doist Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.89577, 43.77291 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devine Ridge North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stinkingwater Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Burns(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Harney-Malheur Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Malheur 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 Harney

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 021S 032E 04 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.89577, 43.77291
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION APPEARS TO BE CONFINED TO A NORTHWEST-TRENDING SHEAR ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Idol City (Harney District)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 120 FT INCLINE AND 80 FT CROSSCUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 160

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, J.E., 1939, IDOL CITY MINE; ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
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.

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