The Strickland Butte Mine is a mercury mine located in Crook county, Oregon at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 44.44167, -120.65333
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Strickland Butte Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Strickland Butte Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Crook
District: Kidnap Spring
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Ochoco National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Page, M. L. And C. J.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1940
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Physiographic Detail: Ochoco Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal Alteration
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES ASSAY 1.4 TO 22 LBS HG/TON
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Gilsonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 5 ADITS, 4 OF WHICH HAVE CAVED.
Comment (Deposit): RHYOLITE PLUG IS CRUDELY CIRCULAR IN PLAN. CINNABAR OCCURS AT THE CONTACT CHIEFLY AS DISSEMINATIONS AND FINE STRINGERS IN A BED ABOUT 6 INCHES THICK. MINERALIZATION IS IRREGULAR AND DISCONTINUOUS
References
Reference (Deposit): WATERS, A.C. AND VAUGHAN, R.H., 1968, RECONNAISANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OCHOCO RESERVOIR QUADRANGLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON: USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-541
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES BULL. 55, P. 128-130
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965 , USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): 1950 GEOLMAP WATERS, A.C. MAP I-54
Reference (Production): BROOKS, H.C., 1963, P. 128
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