Mine detail: Harmony

Previously called 'Surprise GroupAjax Claims'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.21487, -118.68852

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony, Dolomite, Opal
Discovery year: 1941

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Steens Mountain Volcanic Series
Host type:Andesite
Associated type:Basalt
Alteration processes:Hydrothermal Alteration

References

MRDSM054941
DEP10040243
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 THE STEENS MOUNTAIN AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHEAST OREGON.: USGS BULL. 995-B, P. 19-77}
ReporterLi, Zhiping (Peters, S.), Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.