Mine detail: Mercury Prospect

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Location: Malheur County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.84265, -117.35072
dep_id: 10036692
mrds_id: M025584
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar
model: 177: Hot-spring Hg
ore_ctrl: Prospect Reported To Be In A Young Dacite Dome Or Plug
Reporter: Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)
hrock_type: Dacite
arock_type: Dacite
References:
  • BROWN, D. E., 1981, UNPLUBLISHED RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DOUBLE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE: ODGMI GEOTHERMAL PROGRAM, PORTLAND, O
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