The Lost Cinnabar is a mercury mine located in Crook 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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Lost Cinnabar MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lost Cinnabar
Secondary: Towner Claim
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Crook
District: Maury Mountain
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ruby Towner Davis
Years: 1977 -
Owner Name: Oregon Pacific Industries
Years: 1965 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1930
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POCKETS, LENSES, IRREGULAR MASSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: An Arcuate Fault System Parallels The Intrusive Contact
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ADJACENT TO THE MAURY MOUNTAIN MINE
Comment (Deposit): DUPLICATE M055190 HAS BEEN DELETED.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 55, P. 154
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, R.E., WATERS, A.C., AND WALKER, G.W., 1945, THE QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MAURY MOUNTAINS MINES; CROOK COUNTY, OREGON; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT
Reference (Deposit): STEPHENSON, E.L., 1943, GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY IN THE OCHOCO QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, OREGON; USGS BULL. 940-C, P. 91
Reference (Deposit): 1941 GEOPHYS STEPHENSON, E.L., REFERENCE 3
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