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Broadway

Past Producer in Grant 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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  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 10098451
MRDS ID M054926
Record type Site
Current site name Broadway
Alternate or previous names York, Rannels
Related records 10177207

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.28857, 44.19707 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flagtail Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dayville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Silvies(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Malheur 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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 016S 029E 07 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay Alteration

Analytical data

Result ASSAY VALUES OF 2.4 TO 5.9 POUNDS OF QUICKSILVER PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.28857, 44.19707
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Discoverer Rannels And York

Mining district

District name Murderers Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Malheur National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Homer York, Cecil Rannels, Stanley Reffett
    First year 1963

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED, 21 POUNDS HG RECOVERED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT ABOUT 25 FEET DEEP AND SEVERAL BULLDOZER CUTS. 21 POUNDS HG RECOVERED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., 1963 , QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 55 , P. 209 .

  • Deposit

    MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252

  • Production

    BROOKS, 1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME CINNABAR CONTAINED WITHIN BODY OF ROCK IN ADDITION TO THAT SHOWING ON FRACTURED SURFACES.
Deposit CONSV. RECORD (M014860) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1978 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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