Brandon

The Brandon 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

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Site Name

Primary: Brandon
Secondary: Quartz Mtn.

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Oregon
County: Malheur

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Ivan And Virginia Brandon

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: Opalization

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar

Comments

Comment (Deposit): NO CINNABAR WAS SEEN BY BROOKS DURING A VISIT TO THE PROPERTY IN 1958.

Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = QUARTZ MOUNTAIN BASIN 1:24000

References

Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., ODGMI, PERSONAL NOTES

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