Mine detail: Currier

Previously called 'Lucky Boy No. 1'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.74928, -120.76497

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mercury, Barium-Barite
Ore:	Cinnabar, Mercury
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Pyrite
Orebody form:	POCKETS
Discovery year:	1934

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Shearing, Brecciation
Alteration processes:	Clay, Silica And Carbonate Alteration And Impregnation Of The Host Rocks

References

MRDS	M054988
DEP	10040283
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{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}{Deposit:: 5) ROSS, C.P., 1941, SOME QUICKSILVER PROS}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.