Mine detail: Eldorado Group

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.34404, -118.67269

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury, Copper
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Chalcedony, Kaolinite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Steens Mountain Volcanic Series
Host type:	Andesite

References

MRDS	M025039
DEP	10036280
Reference	{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R. R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF STEENS MOUNTAIN AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHEAST OREGON; USGS BULL. 995-B, P. 68}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 55, P. 197}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1971, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN OREGON; ODGMI MISC. PAPER 15, MAP WITH TEXT}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, TABLE 26, P. 330.}
Reporter	Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)