Mine detail: Spring Creek

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.18598, -118.55351

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Malachite
Gangue:	Chalcedony, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Steens Mountain Volcanic Series;Steens Mountain Volcanic Series
Host type:	Andesite

References

MRDS	M054930
DEP	10040235
Reference	{Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON: 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:: WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF STEENS MOUNTAIN AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 955-B, P. 19-77}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)