Mine detail: Paramount

Previously called 'Golden Fleece'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.70596, -118.50938

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Chromite, Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony, Pyrite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Greenstone,Serpentinite,Argillite
Alteration processes:Clay And Limonite Alteration

References

MRDSM054925
DEP10040231
Reference{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.}{Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000}{Deposit:: & 5) ALLEN, R.M., 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE MORNING MINE AND ADJACENT AREA, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 39, P.41}{Production:: BROOKS, 1963}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.