Nonpareil Mine

The Nonpareil Mine is a mercury mine located in Douglas county, Oregon at an elevation of 879 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

Name: Nonpareil Mine  

State:  Oregon

County:  Douglas

Elevation: 879 Feet (268 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 43.41361, -123.16306

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Nonpareil Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Nonpareil Mine
Secondary: New Idrian


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Oregon
County: Douglas
District: Bonanza Area


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Unknown


Ownership

Owner Name: Nonpareil Quicksilver Co.
Years: 1963 -


Production

Year: 1963
Time Period: To 1963
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^From About 3000 Tons Of Ore


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1868
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: Oregon Coast Range


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Mines Are On The East Limb Of A Broad Anticline Striking N25e And Dipping 45se

Type: L
Description: Local Faults


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica, Carbonate, And Clay Alteration/Impregnation Of Rocks In Fault Zone ; Supergene Limonitization Of Siderite And Marcasite


Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Mercury
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Realgar
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Workings): 2000 FT OF WORK ON 3 ADIT LEVELS AT SOUTH NONPAREIL; 12 SHORT ADITS AT NORTH NONPAREIL MOST OF THE PRODUCTION WAS FROM THE SOUTH NONPAREIL

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: UMPQUA FM. SEDIMENTS, TUFF, BASALT DIP SE.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO RESERVES.

Comment (Location): TWO GROUPS OF WORKINGS ABOUT 2000 FT APART, THE NORTH NONPAREIL IN THE NW/4 SEC. 10 AND THE SOUTH NONPAREIL IN THE SW/4 SEC. 3. REFERENCE POINT IS AN ADIT ON SOUTH NONPAREIL

Comment (Production): MOST OF THE PRODUCTION WAS FROM THE SOUTH NONPAREIL

Comment (Development): DMEA CONTRACT RECOMMENDED DENIED IN 1956

Comment (Deposit): SPARINGLY AND IRREGULARLY DISSEMINATED CINNABAR. LODE IS IN A ZONE THAT TRENDS NE 50 TO 100 FT. WIDE.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1865-1870


References

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963 , QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL 55 , 223 P.

Reference (Deposit): BROWN, R. E. AND WATERS, A. C., 1951 , QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA - NONPAREIL DISTRICT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON: USGS BULL 959 - F

Reference (Deposit): 1944 DIREXPL USBM, EXPLORATORY DRILLING, FOUND NO OR

Reference (Production): BROOKS

Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F. G. AND WATERS, A. C., 1934, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 850

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS PERSONAL FILES


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