| Deposit ID | 10298222 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | MO55183 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0410450005 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bretz Mine |
| Point of reference | Pit |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.89159, 42.04548 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1707 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Malheur |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 041 S | 041 E | 03 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Pit (1) | -117.89159, 42.04548 |
|---|
| Strike | N55W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 90N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 20M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 1200M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 200M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Area | 75HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1912 |
| Year of first production | 1931 |
| District name | Opalite Mining District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | John Ruiz |
| Interest | 99 |
| Home office | Nevada |
| Year | 1978 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410450005 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | MO55183 | MAS references MRDS |
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 931-N, 1942, P. 344-346.
OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 55, 1963,
P. 189-191.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 31-AUG-1992 | Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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