The Glass Ridge Mine is a mercury mine located in Lake 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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Glass Ridge Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Glass Ridge Mine
Secondary: Cascade
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Lake
District: Glass Buttes
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Jackson Mountain Mining Co.
Years: 1968 -
Owner Name: Elmer Surratt And Dee Turnidge
Years: 1978 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Harney Section
Physiographic Detail: High Lava Plains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POCKETS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Host Rocks Are Opalized
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION WAS FROM ABOUT 10000 TONS OF ORE
Comment (Geology): OPALITE DERIVED FROM GLASSY SILICIC FLOWS AND TUFF
References
Reference (Production): COMPANY RECORDS VIA BROOKS, H. C., ODGMI
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C. P., 1941, SOME QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN ADJACENT PARTS OF NEVADA, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: USGS BULL. 931-B, P. 33-35
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P. 174
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1968, GLASS BUTTES MERCURY: ODGMI UNPUBLISHED REPORT
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