Mine detail: Pitt View

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Location

Lat / long:

42.68232, -122.81086

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Mercury

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Little Butte Volcanic Series
Host type:	Andesite
Alteration processes:	Kaolinization, Limonitization

References

MRDS	M055836
DEP	10040941
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P. 65}{Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE TILLER, TRAIL, AND BROWNSBORO AREAS AND OF THE PHILLIPS MINE, ASHLAND; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.