Diadem and Brindle Horse

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

Name: Diadem and Brindle Horse  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

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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