Victor Group

Past Producer in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Copper, Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10225727
MRDS ID MO54956
MAS/MILS ID 0410250036
Record type Site
Current site name Victor Group
Alternate or previous names Spring Creek - 0410250122, Red King - 0410250035, Rabbit Hole Prospect, Rabbit Hole Mine, Surprise Claims - 0410250099, O'Keeffe Claims - 0410250033, Harmony Claims - 0410250100

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.67321, 42.20237 (WGS84)
Elevation 1462
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ladycomb Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alvord Lake(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 039 S 034 E 12 C SW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.67321, 42.20237

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 60W
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N30W:60W
    Date of Last Modification 950705

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • ONE FLASK OF MERCURY PRODUCED FROM RABBIT HOLE MINE IN 1940.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 931-J, 1942, P. 227-258.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 201-202.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 8-87, 1987, TABLE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 14, P. 23.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JUL-1995 Munts, Steven R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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