Mine detail: Farnham

Previously called 'Wonder Rock'

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Location: Harney County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.1057, -118.62879
dep_id: 10040252
mrds_id: M054953
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury, Gold
Trace mineral: Copper, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Pyrite
gangue: Limonite, Quartz
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
alteration: Hydrothermal Alteration
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)
Structure: Shear Zones
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, TABLE 26, P. 330.
  • 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:: BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 161.
  • Deposit:: 5) WILLIAMS, H., AND COMPTON, RR, 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF STEENS MOUNTAIN AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS,
  • Deposit:: U.S.BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 8-87, 1987, TABLE 1, NO. 26, P. 23.
  • Production:: BROOKS, 1963
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