The Mercury Prospect is a mercury mine located in Malheur 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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Mercury Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mercury Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Malheur
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SMALL PIT
Comment (Geology): PROSPECT IS IN A SILICIFIED FAULT ZONE CUT BY CALCITE VEINS. THE SANDSTONES ARE SILICIFIED OVER A LARGE AREA ADJACENT TO AN ACTIVE GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM.
Comment (Deposit): FAULT ZONE
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, D.E., 1982, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VALE EAST QUADRANGLE, MALHEUR COUNTY. OREGON: ODGMI OPEN-FILE MAP IN PREP
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