The Taylor Ranch is a mercury mine located in Crook county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,999 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: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 44.39972, -120.43833
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Taylor Ranch MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Taylor Ranch
Secondary: Ochoco
Secondary: Whiting
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Crook
District: Ochoco Creek
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: John Hudspeth
Years: 1963 -
Production
Year: 1963
Time Period: To 1963
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^22-36 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1938
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Many Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic Alteration, Silicification, Carbonatization.
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): SE/4 NW/4 SEC 34
Comment (Production): 21 LB HG/FT OF WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ANDESITE AND BASALT FLOWS OF THE EOCENE CLARNO FM. OVERLAIN BY LATER ANDESITE AND BASALT FLOWS AND TUFFS. PLUGS AND DIKES OF RHYOLITE AND ANDESITE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXTRUSIVE ROCKS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS AS OF 1943. LAST OPERATED 1943. NOW FLOODED AND CAVED. THE MIME PRODUCED 21 LB HG/FT OF WORKING.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
Reference (Production): BROOKS
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.
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