| Deposit ID | 10040412 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055179 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Nisbet |
| Alternate or previous names | Oregon Quicksilver |
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.97588, 45.0801 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 31 MILES SE OF ESTACADA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Clackamas(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Mitchell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mount Hood(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
The Dalles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Clackamas(hydrologic unit)
Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)
Willamette(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Mt. Hood National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Clackamas |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 006S | 007W | 5 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Zeolites | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Heulandite | Gangue |
| Opal | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Stilbite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt | ||||
| Rock unit name | Columbia River Basalt | ||||
| Rock description | Columbia River Basalt | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -121.97588, 45.0801 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Many Small Faults |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1924 |
| Discoverer | G. Nisbet |
| Production years | 1938 - 1943 |
| District name | Oak Grove Fork |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Mt. Hood National Forest |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | G. Nisbet And A.O. Bartell |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 152.4M |
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055179 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410050012 |
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965.
BROOKS, H. C., 1963 , QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 55 , 223 P.
BROWN, R. E. AND WALKER, G. W., 1943, CLACKAMAS QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, OREGON: USGS UNPUBLISHED MS
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951: ODGMI BULL. 14-D P. 20-21
BROOKS
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1973 | Bergquist, Joel R. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1980 | Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1993 | Gray, Jerry J. | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.