Mine detail: Cinnabar Mountain

Previously called 'WebbTainorLucky StrikePacific Synd.'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.57371, -122.9317

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Clay, Limonite, Marcasite, Pyrite
Discovery year:	1928

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Umpqua
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Normal Faults
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Carbonatization.

References

MRDS	M055185
DEP	10040414
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{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}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R., 1943, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MEADOWS DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST OREGON, USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.