The White Wonder is a mercury mine located in Baker county, Oregon.
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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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White Wonder MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Wonder
Secondary: Mulkey Cinnabar
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Whitney Area
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Langdon Rand, Charles Mulkey
Years: 1963 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1942
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
Type: L
Description: Local Fault Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Middle Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY A 12 - FT. SHAFT AND 3 LARGE BULLDOZER TRENCHES.
Comment (Location): SE1/4
Comment (Geology): FINELY CRYSTALLINE CINNABAR IS ASSOCIATED WITH LIMONITE-STAINED GOUGE IN A LIGHT COLORED TUFF.
Comment (Deposit): NO CINNABAR HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE OLDER METAMORPHIC ROCKS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
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
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