Mine detail: Pike

Previously called 'Indian Creek'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.55876, -118.55769

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar, Limonite, Mercury
Gangue: Chalcedony

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Pike Creek Formation
Host type:Rhyolite
Associated type:Basalt
Alteration processes:Clay Alteration, Limonitization, Silicification

References

MRDSM054970
DEP10040268
Reference{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55}{Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252}{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}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)