Mine detail: Rogue River Prospect

Previously called 'Red ChiefSteel Head'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.65344, -122.71586

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Gangue:	Calcite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Basalt
Structure:	Local Fractures. Small Faults And Fracture Zones From A Few Inches To 4 Feet Wide. Dip Steeply. Strike N50e, N10w, N78w
Alteration processes:	Host Rocks Are Kaolinized, Limonitized And Silicified

References

MRDS	M055839
DEP	10040944
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P. 66}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P.323.}{Deposit:: WELLS, F. G. AND WATERS, A. C., 1934, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWEST OREGON: USGS BULL. 850}{Deposit:: HLADKY, FRANK R., DOGAMI, FIELD VERIFIED}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.