Mine detail: Taylor Ranch

Previously called 'OchocoWhiting'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.39955, -120.43943

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar, Jarosite, Pyrite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1938

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1940-1943

Geology

Host type:Andesite
Associated rock:Clarno Formation, Andesite Flows, Tuff
Associated type:Tuff,Rhyolite,Andesite,Basalt
Structure:Many Fractures
Alteration processes:Argillic Alteration, Silicification, Carbonatization.

References

MRDSM055189
DEP10040418
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.}
ReporterBergquist, Joel R., Gray, Jerry J.