Alexander

The Alexander is a mercury mine located in Harney 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: Alexander  

State:  Oregon

County:  Harney

Elevation:

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 42.56278, -118.55167

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Alexander MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Alexander


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Oregon
County: Harney
District: Steens - Pueblo


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Harry Alexander, Donald Alexander
Years: 1963 -


Production

Year: 1963
Time Period: To 1963
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^7-8 Lb/Ton


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: The Mineralization Lies In A Fault Zone Which Cuts Both Rhyolite Flows, Interbedded Tuffs, And A Younger Basaltic Dike


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Breccia Is Most Intense In The Rhyolite


Rocks

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

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Clay


Comments

Comment (Location): NE/4 SEC 30, LOCATED ON MINE SYMBOL

Comment (Production): PROBABLY A FEW MORE FL PRODUCED


References

Reference (Production): BROOKS

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

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

Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 329.

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF STEENS MOUNTAIN AND PUEBLU MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 955-B, P. 19-77


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