Taylor Ranch

The Taylor Ranch is a mercury mine located in Crook county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,999 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: Taylor Ranch  

State:  Oregon

County:  Crook

Elevation: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 44.39972, -120.43833

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Taylor Ranch MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Taylor Ranch
Secondary: Ochoco
Secondary: Whiting


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Oregon
County: Crook
District: Ochoco Creek


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: John Hudspeth
Years: 1963 -


Production

Year: 1963
Time Period: To 1963
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^22-36 Lb/Ton


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1938
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Many Fractures


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic Alteration, Silicification, Carbonatization.


Rocks

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

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

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Location): SE/4 NW/4 SEC 34

Comment (Production): 21 LB HG/FT OF WORKINGS

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ANDESITE AND BASALT FLOWS OF THE EOCENE CLARNO FM. OVERLAIN BY LATER ANDESITE AND BASALT FLOWS AND TUFFS. PLUGS AND DIKES OF RHYOLITE AND ANDESITE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXTRUSIVE ROCKS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS AS OF 1943. LAST OPERATED 1943. NOW FLOODED AND CAVED. THE MIME PRODUCED 21 LB HG/FT OF WORKING.


References

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.

Reference (Production): BROOKS

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


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