Mine detail: Glass Ridge Mine

Previously called 'Cascade'

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Location

Lat / long:

43.52207, -119.93857

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	POCKETS

Production

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

Geology

Associated type:	Tuff,Felsic Volcanic Rock
Alteration processes:	Host Rocks Are Opalized

References

MRDS	M054993
DEP	10040287
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P. 174}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1968, GLASS BUTTES MERCURY: ODGMI UNPUBLISHED REPORT}{Deposit:: ROSS, C. P., 1941, SOME QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN ADJACENT PARTS OF NEVADA, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: USGS BULL. 931-B, P. 33-35}{Production:: COMPANY RECORDS VIA BROOKS, H. C., ODGMI}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.)