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Horse Heaven Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Mercury, Antimony, Arsenic
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103898
MRDS ID M060839
MAS/MILS ID 410310012
Record type Site
Current site name Horse Heaven Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.50808, 44.71457 (WGS84)
Elevation 991
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position 13 MILES E. OF ASHWOOD, OREGON. Shaft used by Geogaphic Names Information System as the mine location.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horse Heaven Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stephenson Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bend(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010S 018E 12 SE4 of NE4 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Marcasite Ore
Mercury Ore
Metacinnabar Ore
Stibnite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Montmorillonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Andesite Altered To Clay And Carbonates

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.50808, 44.71457
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Autobrecciated Biotite Rhyolite Plug

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 21.34M
    Length 396.24M
    Width 121.92M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Autobrecciated Rhyolite Beneath Cappings Of Clay Or Other Impermeable Rock, Most Important Of Which Is The Soil Forned On Unconformity That Cuts Across Clarna Fm.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ANDESITE AND RHYOLITIC LAPILLI TUFF ARE POST CLARNO IN AGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1933
Discoverer Ray Whiting Jr. And Harry Hoy
Year of first production 1934

Mining district

District name Horse Heaven District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Big Muddy Ranch Co.
    Interest 99
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1979
  • Type Operator
    Owner Horse Heaven Mines, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cordero Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 1524M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE OPENED BY 10 LEVELS AND SEVERAL SUB LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WATERS, A.C., BROWN, R.E., COMPTON, R.R., STAPLES, L.W., WALKER, G.W., AND WILLIAMS, HOWELL, 1951, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE HORSE HEAVEN MINING DISTRICT, OREGON: USGS BULL. 969-E, P. 106.

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND. BULL. 55, P. 119-121.

  • Deposit

    SCHUETTE, C.N. 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND. BULL. 4, P. 89-97.

  • Deposit

    1942 GEOLMAP WATERS AND OTHERS, USGS BULL. 969-E.

  • Production

    BROOKS, H.C. 1963, P. 119.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORDS (M055197) AND (W017065) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1974-04-01 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1978-08-01 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1993-08-01 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Reporter 1992-08-05 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0410310012 and W017065 = new MRDS 10273921
Editor 2010-11-15 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0410310012 = new MRDS 10273921, merged and deleted.

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