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Ames - Bancroft

Past Producer in Clackamas 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103834
MRDS ID M055945
Record type Site
Current site name Ames - Bancroft
Alternate or previous names Oregon Quicksilver

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.98116, 45.07954 (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 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS NISBET AND KIGGINS PROPERTIES ON THE SOUTH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

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) -121.98116, 45.07954
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Calcite Veins In Basalt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer A. G. Ames
Production years 1932

Mining district

District name Oak Grove Fork

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Mt. Hood National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Elizabeth Ames And E. A. Bancroft
    First year 1963

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS NOW CAVED.

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

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOLOGY SIMILAR TO NISBET AND KIGGINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1981 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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