Mine detail: Kiggins

Previously called 'Oak Grove'

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Location: Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 45.07704, -121.97422
dep_id: 10041032
mrds_id: M055944
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury, Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Jordisite, Opal, Quartz, Zeolite
work_type: Underground
alteration: Mild Clay Alteration Of Basalt Adjacent To Veins
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl: Veins Filling Fissures In Basalt
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: Columbia River Basalt
hrock_type: Basalt
Structure: Faults
disc_yr: 1924
prod_yrs: 1934 - 1936, 1938 - 1941
discr: Geo. Nisbet
References:
  • Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965.
  • Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252
  • Deposit:: BROWN, R. E. AND WALKER, G. W., 1943, CLACKAMAS QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, OREGON: USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT
  • Deposit:: 5) OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK; 1951: ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 15
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