Mine detail: Lucky Star

Previously called 'Red DomeFields LodeStal*'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.32237, -118.67685

Resource(B)

Primary: Mercury, Copper, Barium-Barite
Ore: Barite, Chrysocolla, Cinnabar, Malachite
Gangue: Chalcedony, Kaolinite, Limonite
Discovery year: 1938

Production

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

Geology

Structure:Brecciation
Alteration processes:Silicification, Kaolinization, Limonitization

References

MRDSM054964
DEP10040263
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. 331.}{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-J, P. 19-77}
ReporterFerns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Peterson, Jocelyn A., Gray, Jerry J., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)