Mine detail: Rabbit Hole

Previously called 'Spring Creek'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.20237, -118.67018

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Copper
Ore: Barite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Cinnabar, Covellite, Malachite
Gangue: Calcite, Kaolinite
Discovery year: 1940

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1940

Geology

Host rock:Steens Mountain Volcanic Series
Host type:Andesite
Alteration processes:Silicification (Opalite)

References

MRDSM054956
DEP10040255
Reference{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. 331.}{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:: ROSS, C.P., 1942, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE STEENS AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 931-J, P. 227-258}{Deposit:: 5) WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF S}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 8=87, 1987, TABLE 1, NO. 14, P. 23.}{Production:: BROOKS, 1963}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)