Kiggins

The Kiggins is a mercury and molybdenum mine located in Clackamas county, Oregon.

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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: Kiggins
Secondary: Oak Grove

Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Primary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Oregon
County: Clackamas
District: Oak Grove Fork

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Mt. Hood National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Bartell, A. O.

Production

Year: 1963
Time Period: To 1963
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10-19 Lb/Ton

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1924
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Cascade Range

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Mild Clay Alteration Of Basalt Adjacent To Veins

Rocks

Name: Basalt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Basalt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Zeolite
Gangue: Jordisite
Gangue: Opal

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MAY BE SMALL AMOUNT OF RESERVES

Comment (Location): W/2 SEC 4, E/2 SEC 5, 1/4 MI BELOW LAKE HARRIET DAM, SO BANK OF RIVER

Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL SMALL VEINS RANGING FROM A FEW INCHES TO 6 FT WIDE; ATTITUDES VARY

Comment (Deposit): DUPLICATE D000597 HAS BEEN DELETED.

Comment (Production): LAST PRODUCTION IN 1941

Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS, SMALL STOPES LAST PRODUCTION IN 1941

References

Reference (Deposit): 5) OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK; 1951: ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 15

Reference (Production): BROOKS

Reference (Deposit): BROWN, R. E. AND WALKER, G. W., 1943, CLACKAMAS QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, OREGON: USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT

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

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965.

Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252

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