Mine detail: Nellie B

Previously called 'Crimson RoseWhite PickBlue BoyGlob'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.29876, -118.69352

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Discovery year: 1935

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Andesite
Structure:Shear Zone
Alteration processes:Kaolinization

References

MRDSM054958
DEP10040257
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. 329.}{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:: WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF STEENS MOUNTAIN AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 955-B, P. 19-77}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Gray, Jerry J., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)