Mine detail: Valley View

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Location: Harney County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.58819, -118.61632
dep_id: 10040251
mrds_id: M054951
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar
alteration: Local Clay Alteration And Silicification
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl: Silicified Zones
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A., Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_type: Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Tuff
disc_yr: 1941
discr: Aubrey Harkey, L. B. Tudor
References:
  • 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
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