Paddy Creek

The Paddy Creek is a mercury and gold mine located in Baker county, Oregon.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Paddy Creek  

State:  Oregon

County:  Baker

Elevation:

Commodity: Mercury, Gold

Lat, Long: 44.99694, -117.29250

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Paddy Creek MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Paddy Creek


Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Primary: Gold


Location

State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Eagle Creek


Land Status

Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Culley Trickle
Years: 1963 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENS


Structure

Type: L
Description: Brecciation


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): S/2 SEC 35, CENTER OF HALF SECTION

Comment (Production): TEN STAMP MILL IN EARLY DAYS; NO MILL RECORDS.

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. TEN STAMP MILL IN EARLY DAYS;

Comment (Deposit): CONSV. RECORDS ( M014487 ) AND ( M014484 ) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD, AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.


References

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 99 .

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 49 .


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