Lucky Strike

The Lucky Strike is a mercury mine located in Harney county, Oregon.

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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:

Primary Mineral: 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

Holdings

Workings

Ownership

Production

Deposit

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

Physiography

Mineral Deposit Model

Orebody

Structure

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

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar

Gangue: Kaolinite

Gangue: Chalcedony

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment Type:
Location

Comment: LOCATED IN SW1/4 OF SECTION

References

Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 330.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: 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 Category: Deposit	Reference: ROSS, C.P., 1942, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE STEENS AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN OREGON, USGS BULL. 931-J, P. 227-258
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: 5) WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF