The Paddy Creek is a mercury and gold mine located in Baker 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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Paddy Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Paddy Creek
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Eagle Creek
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Culley Trickle
Years: 1963 -
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: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Brecciation
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): S/2 SEC 35, CENTER OF HALF SECTION
Comment (Production): TEN STAMP MILL IN EARLY DAYS; NO MILL RECORDS.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. TEN STAMP MILL IN EARLY DAYS;
Comment (Deposit): CONSV. RECORDS ( M014487 ) AND ( M014484 ) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD, AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 99 .
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 49 .
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