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Canyon Creek Mercury Mines

Past Producer in Grant 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10298564
MRDS ID M015783
MAS/MILS ID 0410230247
Record type Site
Current site name Canyon Creek Mercury Mines
Related records 10033436

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.90136, 44.24545 (WGS84)
Elevation 1390
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seneca(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

John Day(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Malheur 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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 015 S 032 E 29 SWNWNE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcedony Unknown
Cinnabar Unknown
Limonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.90136, 44.24545
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25W
    Dip 50N
    Thickness 2M
    Length 200M
    Width 35M
    Depth to top 15M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N25W:50N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 5HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1963
Year of first production 1963

Mining district

District name Canyon Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Grace Willams
    Interest 99
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-AUG-92 Lindsey, David S. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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