Mercury Prospect

The Mercury Prospect is a mercury mine located in Malheur 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: Mercury Prospect  

State:  Oregon

County:  Malheur

Elevation:

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 43.98167, -117.22250

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Mercury Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mercury Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Oregon
County: Malheur


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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification


Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Workings): SMALL PIT

Comment (Geology): PROSPECT IS IN A SILICIFIED FAULT ZONE CUT BY CALCITE VEINS. THE SANDSTONES ARE SILICIFIED OVER A LARGE AREA ADJACENT TO AN ACTIVE GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM.

Comment (Deposit): FAULT ZONE


References

Reference (Deposit): BROWN, D.E., 1982, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VALE EAST QUADRANGLE, MALHEUR COUNTY. OREGON: ODGMI OPEN-FILE MAP IN PREP


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