Big Muddy Cinnabar

The Big Muddy Cinnabar is a mercury mine located in Jefferson 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: Big Muddy Cinnabar
Secondary: Crosby Mercury
Secondary: Yates
Secondary: Degner

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Oregon
County: Jefferson
District: Horse Heaven

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Ella Degner, Norman Crowley

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1935
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

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar

Comments

Comment (Production): NONE RECORDED, POSSIBLY 2.5 FL

Comment (Location): N/2 SEC 2, LOCATED ON SHAFT SYMBOL

References

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

Reference (Deposit): FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000

Reference (Deposit): 1959 DIREXPL OME, RESULTS UNKNOW

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

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