The Jimmy Ann is a mercury mine located in Crook county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Jimmy Ann MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jimmy Ann
Secondary: Barney and Staley
Secondary: Staley
Secondary: Ochoco Quicksilver Champion
Secondary: Beardssmore
Secondary: Ochoco Mines Corp.
Secondary: Stanley & Culbertson
Secondary: Culbertson
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 -
Owner Name: R. L. Culbertson
Years: 1942 -
Production
Year: 1963
Time Period: To 1963
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^7 - 9 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1927
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Carbonatization, Extensive Clay Alteration Along Faults And Shear Zones.
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Location): E/2 SEC 7
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO RESERVES UNDERGROUND
Comment (Production): PROBABLY PRODUCED A FEW MORE FL THAN SHOWN ABOVE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS AS OF CA. MID 1940'S. WORKINGS ARE NOW CAVED. IDLE SINCE 1943 . PROBABLY PRODUCED A FEW MORE FL THAN REPORTED
Comment (Development): ROTARY AND RETORT ( 1944 )
Comment (Deposit): ENCRUSTATIONS OCCUR ON FAULT SURFACES AND VEINLETS OCCUR IN ADJACENT ROCK
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ANDESITE AND BASALT OF EOCENE CLARNO FORMATION OVERLAIN BY LATER ANDESITE AND BASALT FLOWS AND TUFFS. PLUGS AND DIKES OF RHYOLITE AND ANDESITE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH EXTRUSIVE ROCKS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C, 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 55, P.136
Reference (Production): BROOKS, 1963
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