Buena Vista

Past Producer in Douglas county in Oregon, United States with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  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 10103833
MRDS ID M055876
Record type Site
Current site name Buena Vista
Alternate or previous names Umpqua
Related records 10225904

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.93309, 43.01732 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deadman Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Diamond Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Umpqua(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029S 002W 34 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • N CENTRAL PART SEC 34

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Host Rocks Are Partly Altered To Clay And Calcite And Impregnated With Calcite And Chalcedony Veinlets

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) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Colestin-Fisher
    Rock description Colestin-Fisher

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.93309, 43.01732

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 E
    Dip 80 N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone Trending N65-70e

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE ZONE IS IN VOLCANIC ROCKS ADJACENT TO FAULT CONTACT WITH EARLIER TERT SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Discoverer W. S. Webb
Production years 1928 - 1930, 1934, 1943

Mining district

District name Tiller

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Steve Cooper And Bernard Young
    First year 1960

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Period To 1963
    Material HG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 32g/mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO VISIBLE RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 155.45M
    Overall depth 19.81M

Comments on the workings information

  • FLOODED AND CAVED

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, TABLE 26, P. 319.

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 75, P. 51.

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940: ODGMI BULL. 14-C VOL. 1-COOS, CURRY, AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES

  • Production

    BROOKS

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.