Gray Prairie

The Gray Prairie 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: Gray Prairie  

State:  Oregon

County:  Crook

Elevation:

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 44.26444, -120.32833

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Gray Prairie MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gray Prairie


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Oregon
County: Crook


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Bert Tolladay, Dayton Glover
Years: 1963 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1930
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: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Marcasite


Comments

Comment (Location): SE/4 SEC 16, LOCATED AT CENTER OF QUARTER SECTION

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1930


References

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

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


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