| Deposit ID | 10041032 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055944 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Kiggins |
| Alternate or previous names | Oak Grove |
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.97422, 45.07704 (WGS84) |
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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 | 007E | 5 | E | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Jordisite | Gangue |
| Opal | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Zeolite | 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) | -121.97422, 45.07704 |
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| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Faults |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1924 |
| Discoverer | Geo. Nisbet |
| Production years | 1934 - 1936, 1938 - 1941 |
| District name | Oak Grove Fork |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Mt. Hood National Forest |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Bartell, A. O. |
| Year | 1963 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | To 1963 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | HG | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^10-19 Lb/Ton | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 161.54M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055944 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410050006 |
BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965.
MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252
BROWN, R. E. AND WALKER, G. W., 1943, CLACKAMAS QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, OREGON: USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT
5) OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK; 1951: ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 15
BROOKS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SEVERAL SMALL VEINS RANGING FROM A FEW INCHES TO 6 FT WIDE; ATTITUDES VARY |
| Deposit | DUPLICATE D000597 HAS BEEN DELETED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1976 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | 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 |
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