The Steens Mountain Mine is a mercury mine located in Harney county, Oregon at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 42.5736, -118.55140
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Steens Mountain Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Steens Mountain Mine
Secondary: Stephanson & Bradley
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Harney
District: Steens-Pueblo District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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.
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1938
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Cinnabar
Unknown: Chalcedony
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): P. 193-194.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, TABLE 26, P. 331.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 55, 1963,
Oregon Gold
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