Mine detail: Nisbet

Previously called 'Oregon Quicksilver'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.0801, -121.97588

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mercury, Zeolites
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Heulandite, Opal, Quartz, Stilbite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1924

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1938 - 1943

Geology

Host rock:	Columbia River Basalt
Host type:	Basalt
Structure:	Many Small Faults
Alteration processes:	Mild Clay Alteration Of Basalt Adjacent To The Veins

References

MRDS	M055179
DEP	10040412
Reference	{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965.}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963 , QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 55 , 223 P.}{Deposit:: BROWN, R. E. AND WALKER, G. W., 1943, CLACKAMAS QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, OREGON: USGS UNPUBLISHED MS}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951: ODGMI BULL. 14-D P. 20-21}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.