Mine detail: Lucky Strike

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Location: Harney County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.29209, -118.69908
dep_id: 10040261
mrds_id: M054962
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Chalcedony, Kaolinite, Quartz
model: 154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
alteration: Silicification, Clay Alteration, Limonitization
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl: Reefs Of Silicified Andesite
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)
hrock_unit: Steens Mountain Volcanic Series
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Basalt
disc_yr: 1929
discr: Pete Cachenaut, Ora And Robert Doan
References:
  • 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. 330.
  • 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
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