North Fork Claims

The North Fork Claims is a mercury mine located in Clackamas 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

Name: North Fork Claims  

State:  Oregon

County:  Clackamas

Elevation:

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 45.24028, -122.22889

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North Fork Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: North Fork Claims


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Oregon
County: Clackamas


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Jacob Hauck
Years: 1963 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1934
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

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ONLY TRACES OF CINNABAR WERE FOUND IN SEVERAL SAMPLES TAKEN BY ODGMI PERSONNEL IN 1941


Materials

Ore: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED WHERE NORTH FORK RIVER CROSSES SECTION BOUNDARY


References

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

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

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

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


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