Mine detail: Maury Mountains Mine

Previously called 'Eickemeyer'

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Location: Crook County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.10401, -120.43054
dep_id: 10040419
mrds_id: M055191
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar, Mercury
gangue: Chalcedony, Clay, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR BODIES, POCKETS, LENSES
work_type: Underground
alteration: Argillic Alteration, Silicification, Carbonatization
ore_ctrl: Fault Intersections, Bends In Fault Surfaces
Reporter: Bergquist, Joel R., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_type: Tuff
arock_unit: Clarno Formation, Andesite, Tuff
arock_type: Andesite
disc_yr: 1930
References:
  • Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
  • Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 55, P.154
  • Deposit:: BROWN, R.E., WATERS, A.C., AND WALKER, G.W., 1945, THE QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MAURY MOUNTAINS, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT
  • Deposit:: STEPHENSON, E.L., 1943, GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS IN THE OCHOCO QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, USGS BULL. 940-C, P.91
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