Kiggins

Past Producer in Clackamas county in Oregon, United States with commodities Mercury, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041032
MRDS ID M055944
Record type Site
Current site name Kiggins
Alternate or previous names Oak Grove

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.97422, 45.07704 (WGS84)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Clackamas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 006S 007E 5 E Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • W/2 SEC 4, E/2 SEC 5, 1/4 MI BELOW LAKE HARRIET DAM, SO BANK OF RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Jordisite Gangue
Opal Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Zeolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Mild Clay Alteration Of Basalt Adjacent To Veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Columbia River Basalt
    Rock description Columbia River Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.97422, 45.07704

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Filling Fissures In Basalt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1924
Discoverer Geo. Nisbet
Production years 1934 - 1936, 1938 - 1941

Mining district

District name Oak Grove Fork

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Mt. Hood National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bartell, A. O.

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Period To 1963
    Material HG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^10-19 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 6551g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • LAST PRODUCTION IN 1941

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MAY BE SMALL AMOUNT OF RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 161.54M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, SMALL STOPES LAST PRODUCTION IN 1941

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965.

  • Deposit

    MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252

  • Deposit

    BROWN, R. E. AND WALKER, G. W., 1943, CLACKAMAS QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, OREGON: USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Deposit

    5) OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK; 1951: ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 15

  • Production

    BROOKS

General comments

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.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.