Haight

The Haight 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: Haight  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

Elevation:

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 44.3125, -119.00111

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Haight MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Haight
Secondary: Chandler and Haight
Secondary: Patterson & Allen


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Oregon
County: Grant


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: P. F. Chandler And C. P. Haight


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: Blue Mountain Section


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Hematite


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED AT CENTER OF SECTION

Comment (Workings): SURFACE AROUND TUNNEL ENTRANCE TO A DEPTH OF 15 OR 20 FT. FOR NEARLY 200 FT.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN MATTER IS COMPOSED OF BROKEN QUARTZ IN MATRIX OF HEMATITE, RECEMENTED BY DRUSY CALCITE. MOST OF VEIN MATTER SHOWS ONLY TRACES OR IS ENTIRELY BARREN. GOLD OCCURS IN POCKETS USUALLY LESS THAN ONE FOOT IN DIAMETER. POCKETS USUALLY OCCUR WHERE VEINS INTERSECT OR CHANGE IN ATTITUDE.

Comment (Deposit): NO SPECIFIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE


References

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.

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

Reference (Deposit): FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 147 .

Reference (Deposit): 5) OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 26 - 27 .


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