Amity Mine

The Amity Mine is a mercury mine located in Crook county, Oregon at an elevation of 5,000 feet.

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: Amity Mine
Secondary: Johnson Creek
Secondary: Homestake Mercury
Secondary: International Mercury
Secondary: New Amity
Secondary: Paulsen and Saylor

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Oregon
County: Crook
District: Ochoco Mining District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Ochoco National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Unknown

Ownership

Owner Name: Felix, Jennings P.
Years: 1977 -

Owner Name: Homestake Mercury Mines, Inc.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1930
Discovery Year: 1929
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, LENS LIKE, FRACTURE FILLINGS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Johnson Creek Fault Zone - Ene - Trending, Steeply Dipping

Type: L
Description: Northerly-Trending Faults That Intersect Johnson Creek Fault Zone Are Locally Mineralized.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Wall Rock Bleached Along Both Walls Of Fault. Kaolinization

Rocks

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: RICHEST ORE CONTAINS MORE THAN 100 LBS. HG/TON

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Marcasite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Gilsonite

Comments

Comment (Workings): MAIN MINE DEVELOPMENT IS BY TWO ADITS; 250 FT. SHAFT EXTENDS TO SURFACE, MANY OLD SHALLOW CAVED WORKINGS. PROBABLY MORE PRODUCED THAN RECORDED. CLOSED IN 1958 DUE TO LEGAL PRROCEEDINGS.

Comment (Production): PROBABLY MORE PRODUCED. CLOSED IN 1958 DUE TO LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. ASSESSMENT WORK ONLY SINCE 1962

Comment (Geology): PERSISTANT SHEAR ZONE CROPS OUT FOR A STRIKE LENGTH OF AT LEAST 4 MILES, CONTAINS WIDELY SEPARATED RICH DEPOSITS OF HG.

Comment (Deposit): RECORD ( M055961 ) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE.

References

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

Reference (Deposit): 1929 GILLULY, J., BULL. 846-

Reference (Production): BROOKS, H.C., 1963, P. 146

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND. BULL. 55, P. 146-148

Reference (Deposit): SWINNEY, C.M., WATERS, A.C., MILLER, G.P., 1968, RECONNAISANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, CROOK AND WHEELER COUNTIES OREGON: USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-543

Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, JAMES, REED, J.C., AND PARK, C.F. JR., 1933, SOME MINING DISTRICTS OF EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 846-A, P. 120

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