Broadway

The Broadway is a mercury mine located in Grant 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

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Site Name

Primary: Broadway
Secondary: York
Secondary: Rannels

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Murderers Creek

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: Malheur National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Homer York, Cecil Rannels, Stanley Reffett
Years: 1963 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Blue Mountain Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Clay Alteration

Rocks

Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAY VALUES OF 2.4 TO 5.9 POUNDS OF QUICKSILVER PER TON.

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT ABOUT 25 FEET DEEP AND SEVERAL BULLDOZER CUTS. 21 POUNDS HG RECOVERED.

Comment (Deposit): CONSV. RECORD (M014860) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORDED, 21 POUNDS HG RECOVERED.

Comment (Deposit): SOME CINNABAR CONTAINED WITHIN BODY OF ROCK IN ADDITION TO THAT SHOWING ON FRACTURED SURFACES.

References

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963 , QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 55 , P. 209 .

Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252

Reference (Production): BROOKS, 1963

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