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Bear Claims

Prospect in Wheeler county in Oregon, United States with commodity Mercury
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  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 10226343
MRDS ID M055959
MAS/MILS ID 0410690001
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Claims
Alternate or previous names Mercury Queen
Related records 10041044

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.363, 44.48013 (WGS84)
Elevation 1591
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wheeler(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ochoco Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prineville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bend(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Crooked(hydrologic unit)

Deschutes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ochoco 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 Wheeler

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 012 S 020 E 32 SW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Landslide and debris-flow deposits
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 846-A, 1933, P. 121-123.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 55, 1963, P. 152.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, TABLE 26, P. 325.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-SEP-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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