The Round Mountain is a mercury mine located in Crook county, Oregon.
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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
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Round Mountain MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Round Mountain
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Crook
District: Johnson Creek
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Frank Reid, Dick Toole, Keith Parkinson, George Ra
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1933
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: Clay Alteration
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1933-1934
Comment (Location): NE/4 NE/4 SEC 4
Comment (Workings): MANY WORKINGS CAVED
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LITTLE CINNABAR SEEN IN PLACE, BUT SOME COULD BE PANNED FROM FLOAT
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
Reference (Production): BROOKS
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