Mine detail: Custer Young

Previously called 'Butte and View Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.72539, -120.73695

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Marcasite
Gangue:	Calcite, Gypsum, Quartz
Discovery year:	1937

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M054998
DEP	10040290
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.}{Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Gray, Jerry J.