Opalite Mine

Prospect in Lake county in Oregon, United States with commodities Mercury, Silica
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10153102
MRDS ID OR06504
MAS/MILS ID 0410370041
Record type Site
Current site name Opalite Mine
Alternate or previous names Western Minerals Co

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -120.7438, 42.32173 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position Original record said location was within 500 m of pit. Moved point approx. 800 m to the NW to area of pit visible on imagery.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cougar Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lakeview(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Klamath Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sprague(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fremont-Winema 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 Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037 S 017 E 32 W2 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Silica Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -120.7438, 42.32173

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES (WFOC).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-AUG-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 04-JAN-93 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries OR06504=0410370041 = newMRDS = 10053579
Editor 15-NOV-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey OR06504=0410370041= 10053579, merged and deleted.

Beyond USGS

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