Mine detail: Cash Group

Previously called 'Cotton Wood'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.1582, -118.66907

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Gangue: Kaolinite, Limonite
Discovery year: 1931

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Steens Mountain Volcanics
Host type:Shale,Sandstone,Andesite
Alteration processes:Kaolinization, Limonitization, Carbonatization

References

MRDSM054954
DEP10040253
Reference{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 8-87, 1987, TABLE 1, NO. 9, P. 23.}{Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P.}{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.)