Pike Claims

Prospect in Harney 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10128897
MRDS ID M054970
MAS/MILS ID 0410250019
Record type Site
Current site name Pike Claims
Alternate or previous names Indian Creek
Related records 10040268

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -118.55662, 42.55817 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alvord Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Steens Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Adel(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alvord Lake(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Harney

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034 S 034 E 30 NW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -118.55662, 42.55817

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Steens-Pueblo District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 55, 1963, P. 195.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, TABLE 26, P. 331.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOT NOTED IN STUDY OF HIGH STEENS (USGS BULL 1740-A)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-SEP-95 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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