Mine detail: Horse Head Mountain Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

43.19235, -119.76523

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Danforth Formation
Host type:	Tuff
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	Brecciation Of Opalite
Alteration processes:	Opalization

References

MRDS	M054948
DEP	10040248
Reference	BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.