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

MRDS	M055189
DEP	10040418
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.}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., Gray, Jerry J.