The Nisbet is a mercury and zeolites mine located in Clackamas county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Nisbet MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nisbet
Secondary: Oregon Quicksilver
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Zeolites
Location
State: Oregon
County: Clackamas
District: Oak Grove Fork
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: Mt. Hood National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: G. Nisbet And A.O. Bartell
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1924
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Many Small Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Mild Clay Alteration Of Basalt Adjacent To The Veins
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Heulandite
Gangue: Stilbite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965.
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963 , QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 55 , 223 P.
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, R. E. AND WALKER, G. W., 1943, CLACKAMAS QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, OREGON: USGS UNPUBLISHED MS
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951: ODGMI BULL. 14-D P. 20-21
Reference (Production): BROOKS
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