Mine detail: War Eagle Coal Area

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.61982, -122.95475

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Marcasite
Discovery year:	1936

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Umpqua
Host type:	Coal
Alteration processes:	Very Little Alteration Of Host Rocks

References

MRDS	M025065
DEP	10036303
Reference	{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1943, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MEADOWS DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST OREGON: USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 55, P. 69}{Deposit:: SCHUETTE, C.N., 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 4, P. 113}
Reporter	Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.