The Pinto Group is a mercury mine located in Lake 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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Pinto Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pinto Group
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Lake
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Fremont National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Dan Morrison, Gordon Huntley, George Batman
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1959
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Rocks Are Greatly Sheared
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Host Rocks Are Opalized To Varying Degree Over A Large Area
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): SOUTH EDGE SEC 6, LOCATED AT CENTER OF SECTION EDGE
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P
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