Mine detail: Lost Cinnabar

Previously called 'Towner Claim'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.10512, -120.43027

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Chalcedony, Quartz
Orebody form:	POCKETS, LENSES, IRREGULAR MASSES
Discovery year:	1930

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Clarno Formation
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	An Arcuate Fault System Parallels The Intrusive Contact

References

MRDS	M025049
DEP	10036290
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 55, P. 154}{Deposit:: BROWN, R.E., WATERS, A.C., AND WALKER, G.W., 1945, THE QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MAURY MOUNTAINS MINES; CROOK COUNTY, OREGON; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT}{Deposit:: STEPHENSON, E.L., 1943, GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY IN THE OCHOCO QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, OREGON; USGS BULL. 940-C, P. 91}{Deposit:: 1941 GEOPHYS STEPHENSON, E.L., REFERENCE 3}
Reporter	Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.