Centennial

The Centennial is a gold and mercury mine located in Josephine 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

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Site Name

Primary: Centennial
Secondary: Columbia

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Oregon
County: Josephine

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: C. E. Pruess, Sr.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 4 "LEDGES" - #4 CARRIES SOME QUICKSILVER

Comment (Deposit): RECORD NO. M013231 MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H

References

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, BULL. 14-C, V. 2, 225 P.

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P. 68

Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N. V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 100, TABLE 1, NO. 203

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