The Kiggins is a mercury and molybdenum mine located in Clackamas county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Kiggins MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kiggins
Secondary: Oak Grove
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Molybdenum
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: Bartell, A. O.
Production
Year: 1963
Time Period: To 1963
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10-19 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1924
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
Physiographic Detail: Cascade Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Mild Clay Alteration Of Basalt Adjacent To Veins
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Zeolite
Gangue: Jordisite
Gangue: Opal
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MAY BE SMALL AMOUNT OF RESERVES
Comment (Location): W/2 SEC 4, E/2 SEC 5, 1/4 MI BELOW LAKE HARRIET DAM, SO BANK OF RIVER
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL SMALL VEINS RANGING FROM A FEW INCHES TO 6 FT WIDE; ATTITUDES VARY
Comment (Deposit): DUPLICATE D000597 HAS BEEN DELETED.
Comment (Production): LAST PRODUCTION IN 1941
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS, SMALL STOPES LAST PRODUCTION IN 1941
References
Reference (Deposit): 5) OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK; 1951: ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 15
Reference (Production): BROOKS
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, R. E. AND WALKER, G. W., 1943, CLACKAMAS QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, OREGON: USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965.
Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252
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