Mine detail: Red Hill

Previously called 'Red Bull'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.19404, -118.68795

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Steens Mountain Volcanic Series
Host type:Andesite
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM054933
DEP10040237
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}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)