Sunset Mercury

Unknown in Malheur 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10274231
MRDS ID M054929
MAS/MILS ID 0410450361
Record type Site
Current site name Sunset Mercury
Related records 10040234

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.90929, 42.02458 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bretz Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Louse Canyon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jordan Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Malheur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 041 S 041 E 09 SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.90929, 42.02458

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-MAY-92 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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