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Kiggins Mine

Past Producer in Clackamas county in Oregon, United States with commodities Mercury, Molybdenum
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10152690
MRDS ID MO55944
MAS/MILS ID 0410050006
Record type Site
Current site name Kiggins Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.97226, 45.07542 (WGS84)
Elevation 634
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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 006 S 007 E 05 E2 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chalcedony Unknown
Cinnabar Unknown
Zeolite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -121.97226, 45.07542
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 45E
    Thickness 1M
    Length 150M
    Width 30M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N45W:45E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 5HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1923
Year of first production 1932

Mining district

District name Oak Grove Fork

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bartell, A. O.
    Interest 99
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE MATRIX IS HIGHLY SPECULATIVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-D, 1951, P. 15.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 55, 1963.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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