Mine detail: Pinto Group

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.03318, -120.6394

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Discovery year:	1959

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Rocks Are Greatly Sheared
Alteration processes:	Host Rocks Are Opalized To Varying Degree Over A Large Area

References

MRDS	M054986
DEP	10040281
Reference	BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.