Mine detail: Red King

Previously called '*eefe Copper ?'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.20293, -118.68823

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Malachite
Gangue: Dolomite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1939

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Steens Mountain Volcanic Series
Host type:Andesite
Structure:Brecciation
Alteration processes:Silicification, Kaolinization

References

MRDSM054957
DEP10040256
Reference{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 995-B, 1953, P. 55.}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF STEENS MOUNTAIN AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHEAST OREGON; USGS BULL. 995-B, P.55}{Deposit:: ROSS, C.P., 1942, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE STEENS AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN OREGON; USGS BULL. 931-J, P.255}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)