The Diadem and Brindle Horse is a mercury, copper, silver, gold, and lead 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Mercury, Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead
Lat, Long: 44.69806, -118.51333
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Diadem and Brindle Horse MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Diadem and Brindle Horse
Secondary: Snow Creek
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Greenhorn District
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Etta D Mantle
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: Galena
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Dolomite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CONSV. RECORD (M014792) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS ONE, AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE. ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H
Comment (Location): LOCATED AT CENTER OF SECTION BOUNDARY
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN IS A SHATTERED REPLACEMENT TYPE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON: USBM IC 8252
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 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 75 .
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL 61 ., P. 112 .
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