Mine detail: Crone

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Location: Lake County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.32374, -120.80497
dep_id: 10040286
mrds_id: M054991
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar
alteration: Opalite, Clay Alteration
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl: Cinnabar Is Finely Divided In Opalite Boulders Which Probably Are Residual Material In The Upper, Weathered Portions Of A Mineralized Fault Zone
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_type: Felsic Volcanic Rock
disc_yr: 1936
References:
  • BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P
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