| Deposit ID | 10040419 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055191 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Maury Mountains Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Eickemeyer |
| Related records | 10128177 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -120.43054, 44.10401 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1280 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Crook(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mule Deer Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Prineville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Bend(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Crooked(hydrologic unit)
Deschutes(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(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 | Crook |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 017S | 019E | 10 | S | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Mercury | Ore |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Clay | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | ORE RAN 240 LB PER TON. YIELD OF 8 LB HG PER FT OF WORKINGS. 3 TO 19 LB ORE. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Clarno Formation, Andesite, Tuff | ||||
| Rock description | Clarno Formation, Andesite, Tuff | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff |
| (1) | -120.43054, 44.10401 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR BODIES, POCKETS, LENSES |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1930 |
| District name | Maury Mountain District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | C. F. Taylor |
| First year | 1977 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | F. C . And H. W Eickemeyer |
| First year | 1954 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1371.6M |
| Overall depth | 103.63M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055191 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410130016 |
BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 55, P.154
BROWN, R.E., WATERS, A.C., AND WALKER, G.W., 1945, THE QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MAURY MOUNTAINS, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT
STEPHENSON, E.L., 1943, GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS IN THE OCHOCO QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, USGS BULL. 940-C, P.91
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COARSELY CRYSTALLINE AND FINE-GRAINED AGGREGATES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1974 | Bergquist, Joel R. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1980 | Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1993 | Gray, Jerry J. | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries |
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