Mine detail: Red Hill

Previously called 'Derose*eefe No. 2'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.2982, -118.67241

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony, Kaolinite, Limonite
Discovery year: 1941

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Pike Creek Formation
Host type:Rhyolite
Structure:Local Shearing
Alteration processes:Clay Alteration, Silicification, Limonitization

References

MRDSM054963
DEP10040262
Reference{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, P 198.}{Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: ROSS, C.P., 1942, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE STEENS AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN OREGON; USGS BULL. 931-J, P.254}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF STEENS MOUNTAIN AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHEASTERN OREGON; USGS BULL. 995-B, P.66}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)