Mine detail: Rayome Prospect

Previously called 'Rayomes Cinnabar'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.6615, -122.66281

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Limonite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Little Butte Volcanic Series
Host type:	Basalt
Structure:	Shear Zone
Alteration processes:	Wall Rocks Are Bleached And Partly Altered To Clay, Limonite, And Silica

References

MRDS	M055838
DEP	10040943
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.}{Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 323.}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON R.R., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE TILLER, TRAIL, AND BROWNSBORO AREAS AND THE PHILLIPS MINE, ASHLAND; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT}{Deposit:: HLADKY, FRANK R., DOGAMI, FIELD VERIFIED}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.