The Canyon Creek Mercury Mines is a mercury mine located in Grant county, Oregon at an elevation of 4,560 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: 4,560 Feet (1,390 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 44.2456, -118.90030
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Canyon Creek Mercury Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Canyon Creek Mercury Mines
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Canyon Creek
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Grace Willams
Percent: 99.00
Home Office: Oregon
Info Year: 1978
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1963
Discovery Year: 1963
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Cinnabar
Unknown: Chalcedony
Unknown: Limonite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1498, 1981, P. 58-60.
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