| Deposit ID | 10103833 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055876 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Buena Vista |
| Alternate or previous names | Umpqua |
| Related records | 10225904 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -122.93309, 43.01732 (WGS84) |
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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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Douglas |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 029S | 002W | 34 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Rock unit name | Colestin-Fisher |
| Rock description | Colestin-Fisher |
| (1) | -122.93309, 43.01732 |
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| Strike | N 65 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 80 N |
| 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 |
| District name | Tiller |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Steve Cooper And Bernard Young |
| First year | 1960 |
| Year | 1963 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | To 1963 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | HG | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^1 Lb/Ton | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Length | 155.45M |
| Overall depth | 19.81M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055876 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410190024 |
BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 319.
RAMP, L., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 75, P. 51.
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940: ODGMI BULL. 14-C VOL. 1-COOS, CURRY, AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES
BROOKS
| 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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