The Nonpareil Mine is a mercury mine located in Douglas county, Oregon at an elevation of 879 feet.
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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
Elevation: 879 Feet (268 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 43.41361, -123.16306
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Nonpareil Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nonpareil Mine
Secondary: New Idrian
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Douglas
District: Bonanza Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Nonpareil Quicksilver Co.
Years: 1963 -
Production
Year: 1963
Time Period: To 1963
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^From About 3000 Tons Of Ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1868
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Oregon Coast Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Mines Are On The East Limb Of A Broad Anticline Striking N25e And Dipping 45se
Type: L
Description: Local Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica, Carbonate, And Clay Alteration/Impregnation Of Rocks In Fault Zone ; Supergene Limonitization Of Siderite And Marcasite
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Mercury
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Realgar
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 2000 FT OF WORK ON 3 ADIT LEVELS AT SOUTH NONPAREIL; 12 SHORT ADITS AT NORTH NONPAREIL MOST OF THE PRODUCTION WAS FROM THE SOUTH NONPAREIL
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: UMPQUA FM. SEDIMENTS, TUFF, BASALT DIP SE.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO RESERVES.
Comment (Location): TWO GROUPS OF WORKINGS ABOUT 2000 FT APART, THE NORTH NONPAREIL IN THE NW/4 SEC. 10 AND THE SOUTH NONPAREIL IN THE SW/4 SEC. 3. REFERENCE POINT IS AN ADIT ON SOUTH NONPAREIL
Comment (Production): MOST OF THE PRODUCTION WAS FROM THE SOUTH NONPAREIL
Comment (Development): DMEA CONTRACT RECOMMENDED DENIED IN 1956
Comment (Deposit): SPARINGLY AND IRREGULARLY DISSEMINATED CINNABAR. LODE IS IN A ZONE THAT TRENDS NE 50 TO 100 FT. WIDE.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1865-1870
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963 , QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL 55 , 223 P.
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, R. E. AND WATERS, A. C., 1951 , QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA - NONPAREIL DISTRICT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON: USGS BULL 959 - F
Reference (Deposit): 1944 DIREXPL USBM, EXPLORATORY DRILLING, FOUND NO OR
Reference (Production): BROOKS
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F. G. AND WATERS, A. C., 1934, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 850
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS PERSONAL FILES
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