Mine detail: Maury Mountains Mine

Previously called 'Eickemeyer'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.10401, -120.43054

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Mercury
Gangue:	Chalcedony, Clay, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR BODIES, POCKETS, LENSES
Discovery year:	1930

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Associated rock:	Clarno Formation, Andesite, Tuff
Associated type:	Andesite
Alteration processes:	Argillic Alteration, Silicification, Carbonatization

References

MRDS	M055191
DEP	10040419
Reference	{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R.E., WATERS, A.C., AND WALKER, G.W., 1945, THE QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MAURY MOUNTAINS, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT}{Deposit:: STEPHENSON, E.L., 1943, GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS IN THE OCHOCO QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, USGS BULL. 940-C, P.91}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.