The Gage Ranch is a mercury mine located in Wheeler county, Oregon.
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
Gage Ranch MRDS details
Site Name
                            
                            Primary: Gage Ranch
                        
                
Commodity
                                        
                Primary: Mercury
                
                        
Location
                                                State: Oregon 
                                                County: Wheeler 
                                
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
                            Record Type: Site
                Operation Category: Occurrence
                Operation Type: Unknown
                Discovery Year: 1940
                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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED AT CENTER OF SECTION
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 
                                                                
            
                
                                        Reference (Deposit): FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000 
                                                                
            
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