Jimmy Ann

The Jimmy Ann 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: Jimmy Ann  

State:  Oregon

County:  Crook

Elevation:

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 44.3675, -120.48750

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Jimmy Ann MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Jimmy Ann
Secondary: Barney and Staley
Secondary: Staley
Secondary: Ochoco Quicksilver Champion
Secondary: Beardssmore
Secondary: Ochoco Mines Corp.
Secondary: Stanley & Culbertson
Secondary: Culbertson


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Oregon
County: Crook
District: Ochoco Creek


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: John Hudspeth
Years: 1963 -

Owner Name: R. L. Culbertson
Years: 1942 -


Production

Year: 1963
Time Period: To 1963
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^7 - 9 Lb/Ton


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1927
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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, Carbonatization, Extensive Clay Alteration Along Faults And Shear Zones.


Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Chalcedony


Comments

Comment (Location): E/2 SEC 7

Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO RESERVES UNDERGROUND

Comment (Production): PROBABLY PRODUCED A FEW MORE FL THAN SHOWN ABOVE

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS AS OF CA. MID 1940'S. WORKINGS ARE NOW CAVED. IDLE SINCE 1943 . PROBABLY PRODUCED A FEW MORE FL THAN REPORTED

Comment (Development): ROTARY AND RETORT ( 1944 )

Comment (Deposit): ENCRUSTATIONS OCCUR ON FAULT SURFACES AND VEINLETS OCCUR IN ADJACENT ROCK

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ANDESITE AND BASALT OF EOCENE CLARNO FORMATION OVERLAIN BY LATER ANDESITE AND BASALT FLOWS AND TUFFS. PLUGS AND DIKES OF RHYOLITE AND ANDESITE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH EXTRUSIVE ROCKS.


References

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

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C, 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 55, P.136

Reference (Production): BROOKS, 1963


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