The Cinnabar Mountain is a mercury mine located in Jackson county, Oregon at an elevation of 2,201 feet.
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
Elevation: 2,201 Feet (671 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 42.57389, -122.93056
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Cinnabar Mountain MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cinnabar Mountain
Secondary: Webb
Secondary: Tainor
Secondary: Lucky Strike
Secondary: Pacific Synd.
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Meadows
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: W. B. Webb
Years: 1963 -
Production
Year: 1960
Time Period: To 1960
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2-8 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1928
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Normal Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Carbonatization.
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2 TO 8 LB ORE
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Marcasite
Comments
Comment (Workings): LAST OPERATED 1943. WORKINGS CAVED
Comment (Geology): ORE IS CONFINED TO BANDS OF CRUSHED, FRIABLE, LIMONITIC AND KAOLINIZED SANDSTONES
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NO. M061945 COMBINED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE. ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
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
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R., 1943, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MEADOWS DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST OREGON, USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT
Reference (Production): BROOKS
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