Mine detail: Lost Cinnabar

Previously called 'Towner Claim'

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Location: Crook County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.10512, -120.43027
dep_id: 10036290
mrds_id: M025049
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Chalcedony, Quartz
orebody_fm: POCKETS, LENSES, IRREGULAR MASSES
ore_ctrl: Fault Intersections, Bends In Fault Surfaces
Reporter: Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: Clarno Formation
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: An Arcuate Fault System Parallels The Intrusive Contact
disc_yr: 1930
discr: J.E. Staley And Frank Towner
References:
  • 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WATERS, A.C., AND WALKER, G.W., 1945, THE QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MAURY MOUNTAINS MINES; CROOK COUNTY, OREGON; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT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
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