The Diamond Creek Placer is a mercury mine located in Curry county, Oregon at an elevation of 2,149 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: 2,149 Feet (655 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 42.00722, -123.87861
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Diamond Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Diamond Creek Placer
Secondary: Mountain Boomer
Secondary: Feheley
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Curry
District: Diamond Creek District
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Siskiyou National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization And Sericitization Of Feldspars, Limonitization Of Amphiboles
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATE
Comment (Production): A FEW FLASKS PRODUCED FROM HAND PLACER CONCENTRATES CIRCA 1929
Comment (Geology): CINNABAR OCCURS ALONG MINUTE JOINT FRACTURES IN THE ALTERED DIORITE
Comment (Deposit): RECORD # M013205 MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, P. 322.
Reference (Deposit): CATER, R. W. JR. AND WELLS, F. G., 1953, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GASQUET QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: USGS BULL. 995-C, P. 126.
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