Mine detail: Rayome Prospect

Previously called 'Rayomes Cinnabar'

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Location: Jackson County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.6615, -122.66281
dep_id: 10040943
mrds_id: M055838
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Limonite
alteration: Wall Rocks Are Bleached And Partly Altered To Clay, Limonite, And Silica
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: Little Butte Volcanic Series
hrock_type: Basalt
Structure: Shear Zone
References:
  • 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R.R., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE TILLER, TRAIL, AND BROWNSBORO AREAS AND THE PHILLIPS MINE, ASHLAND; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT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
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