The Canyon Creek Cinnabar is a mercury mine located in Grant 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
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Canyon Creek Cinnabar MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Canyon Creek Cinnabar
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Canyon
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Malheur Natioal Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL CUTS, FOUR ADITS, AND ONE OPEN PIT. REPORTEDLY PRODUCTION WAS FROM APPROXIMATELY 450 TONS OF ORE.
Comment (Production): REPORTEDLY PRODUCTION WAS FROM APPROXIMATELY 450 TONS OF ORE.
Comment (Geology): CINNABAR IS CONCENTRATED WHERE SMALL FRACTURES INTERSECT THE MAIN FAULT ZONE AT A HIGH ANGLE
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., 1963, CANYON CREEK MERCURY PROSPECT; ODGMI FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., 1963, CANYON CREEK MERCURY PROSPECT, OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES FILE REPORT.
Reference (Production): ODGMI FILES
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