Oronogo

The Oronogo is a mercury mine located in Crook 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: Oronogo  

State:  Oregon

County:  Crook

Elevation:

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 44.04861, -120.74194

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Oronogo MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Oronogo
Secondary: Dunham Ranch


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Oregon
County: Crook
District: Bear Creek


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Max Stevens, Claude C. Dunham
Years: 1963 -


Production

Year: 1963
Time Period: To 1963
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^45 Lb/Ton


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1927
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

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification


Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Limonite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony


Comments

Comment (Production): ACTUAL PRODUCTION PROBABLY 13 FL

Comment (Reserve-Resource): SMALL RESERVES (1940'S)

Comment (Location): SW/4 SEC 31


References

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

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): 5) GILLULY, J., REED, J.C., AND PARK, C.F.

Reference (Production): BROOKS

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


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