Mine detail: *eefe

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 42.31709, -118.71796

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury, Copper
Ore: Barite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cinnabar, Malachite
Gangue: Chalcedony

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Steens Mountain Volcanic Series
Host type:Andesite
Structure:Shearing
Alteration processes:Kaolinization, Local Silicification (Opalite)

References

MRDSM054959
DEP10040258
Reference{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, P.200.}{Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 330.}{Deposit:: ROSS, C.P., 1942, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE STEENS AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 931-J, P. 227-258}{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}
ReporterLi, Zhiping (Peters, S.), Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.