The Quicksilver and Easy Money is a mercury mine located in Baker county, Oregon at an elevation of 4,501 feet.
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: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 44.44556, -117.66556
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Quicksilver and Easy Money MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Quicksilver and Easy Money
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Mormon Basin - Clarks Creek
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Racey Brothers
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: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR HEAD OF LOG TOWN GULCH, LOCATION APPROXIMATE
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 150 FT. ADIT AND SEVERAL CUTS.
Comment (Deposit): CONSV. RECORD ( M014357 ) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD, AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE. ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H
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, 1965, 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, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 81 .
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