Lucky Strike

The Lucky Strike is a mercury mine located in Harney 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: Lucky Strike  

State:  Oregon

County:  Harney

Elevation:

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 42.29222, -118.69806

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Lucky Strike MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lucky Strike


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Oregon
County: Harney
District: Steens - Pueblo


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1929
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Clay Alteration, Limonitization


Rocks

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED IN SW1/4 OF SECTION


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, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 330.

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): ROSS, C.P., 1942, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE STEENS AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN OREGON, USGS BULL. 931-J, P. 227-258

Reference (Deposit): 5) WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF


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