The Maury Mountains Mine is a mercury mine located in Crook county, Oregon at an elevation of 4,199 feet.
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
Elevation: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 44.10417, -120.42944
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Maury Mountains Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Maury Mountains Mine
Secondary: Eickemeyer
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Crook
District: Maury Mountain District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: F. C . And H. W Eickemeyer
Years: 1954 -
Owner Name: C. F. Taylor
Years: 1977 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1930
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: IRREGULAR BODIES, POCKETS, LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic Alteration, Silicification, Carbonatization
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE RAN 240 LB PER TON. YIELD OF 8 LB HG PER FT OF WORKINGS. 3 TO 19 LB ORE.
Materials
Ore: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS AS OF MID 1940'S. SOME ADDITIONAL TRENCHING AND DRIFTING WAS DONE UNDER A OME LOAN IN 1971.
Comment (Location): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 480 ACRES OF DEEDED LAND AND 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Development): 8 TON RETORT (1954)
Comment (Deposit): COARSELY CRYSTALLINE AND FINE-GRAINED AGGREGATES
Comment (Production): AN ADDITIONAL 20 FLASKS PRODUCED BY TAYLOR IN 1969-1970.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ANDESITIC FLOWS AND TUFFS OF EOCENE CLARNO FM. TILTED AND ERODED. SUBSEQUENT VULCANISM FORMED ANDESITIC PLUGS, DIKES, AND FLOWS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 55, P.154
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, R.E., WATERS, A.C., AND WALKER, G.W., 1945, THE QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MAURY MOUNTAINS, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT
Reference (Deposit): STEPHENSON, E.L., 1943, GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS IN THE OCHOCO QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, USGS BULL. 940-C, P.91
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