Ixl

The Ixl is a gold and 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

Name: Ixl  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Mercury

Lat, Long: 44.71806, -118.48861

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Ixl MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ixl
Secondary: Hidden Treasure


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Oregon
County: Grant


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Gertie O'Rourk


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED ON MINE SYMBOL

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION DATA; SOME WORK DONE ON PROPERTY IN 1915 .

Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS, WITH DRIFTS ON THE VEINS. NO PRODUCTION DATA; SOME WORK DONE ON PROPERTY IN 1915 .

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THREE WELL DEFINED VEINS IN WHICH THERE IS SAID TO BE PROMISING SHOOTS OF ORE.

Comment (Deposit): CONSV. RECORD ( M015108 ) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD, AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE


References

Reference (Deposit): FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, BULL. 14-B, 155 P.

Reference (Deposit): PARKS, H.M. AND SWARTLEY, A.M., 1916, HANDBOOK OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF OREGON. ORE. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL. MINER. RES. OF OREG., V. 2, 306 P.

Reference (Deposit): 5) BROOKS, H. C. AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOL

Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON: USBM IC 8252


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