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Jimmy Ann

Past Producer in Crook 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088616
MRDS ID M055192
Record type Site
Current site name Jimmy Ann
Alternate or previous names Barney and Staley, Staley, Ochoco Quicksilver Champion, Beardssmore, Ochoco Mines Corp., Stanley & Culbertson, Culbertson
Related records 10298310

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.4886, 44.36733 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crook(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gerow Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prineville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bend(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Crooked(hydrologic unit)

Deschutes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ochoco 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 Crook

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014S 019E 7 E Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • E/2 SEC 7

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Marcasite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Opal Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Carbonatization, Extensive Clay Alteration Along Faults And Shear Zones.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Clarno Formation
    Rock description Clarno Formation
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.4886, 44.36733
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ANDESITE AND BASALT OF EOCENE CLARNO FORMATION OVERLAIN BY LATER ANDESITE AND BASALT FLOWS AND TUFFS. PLUGS AND DIKES OF RHYOLITE AND ANDESITE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH EXTRUSIVE ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1927
Discoverer A. J. Champion
Production years 1928 - 1929 , 1933 - 1942 (INTERMITTENTLY)

Mining district

District name Ochoco Creek

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. L. Culbertson
    First year 1942
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Hudspeth
    First year 1963

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Period To 1963
    Material HG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^7 - 9 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Mercury Mercury 3614g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY PRODUCED A FEW MORE FL THAN SHOWN ABOVE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVES UNDERGROUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 487.68M
    Overall depth 46.94M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS AS OF CA. MID 1940'S. WORKINGS ARE NOW CAVED. IDLE SINCE 1943 . PROBABLY PRODUCED A FEW MORE FL THAN REPORTED

Comments on development

  • ROTARY AND RETORT ( 1944 )

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C, 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 55, P.136

  • Production

    BROOKS, 1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ENCRUSTATIONS OCCUR ON FAULT SURFACES AND VEINLETS OCCUR IN ADJACENT ROCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1973 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-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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