Canyon Creek Cinnabar

The Canyon Creek Cinnabar 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

Name: Canyon Creek Cinnabar  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

Elevation:

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 44.23944, -118.89722

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Canyon Creek Cinnabar MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Canyon Creek Cinnabar


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Canyon


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.
Administrative Organization: Malheur Natioal Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL CUTS, FOUR ADITS, AND ONE OPEN PIT. REPORTEDLY PRODUCTION WAS FROM APPROXIMATELY 450 TONS OF ORE.

Comment (Production): REPORTEDLY PRODUCTION WAS FROM APPROXIMATELY 450 TONS OF ORE.

Comment (Geology): CINNABAR IS CONCENTRATED WHERE SMALL FRACTURES INTERSECT THE MAIN FAULT ZONE AT A HIGH ANGLE


References

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., 1963, CANYON CREEK MERCURY PROSPECT; ODGMI FILE REPORT

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., 1963, CANYON CREEK MERCURY PROSPECT, OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES FILE REPORT.

Reference (Production): ODGMI FILES


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