Mine detail: Roxana

Previously called 'Hill Top Mercury'

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Location: Jackson County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.64954, -122.96447
dep_id: 10040945
mrds_id: M055840
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Kaolinite, Limonite, Marcasite
alteration: Locally The Broken Rocks Are Kaolinized And/Or Silicified
conc_proc: Open-Space Fillings By Hydrothermal Fluids
ore_ctrl: Broad Fracture Zone. Fractures Strike N20-50w; Dip Steeply E Or W
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: Applegate Group;Applegate Group;Applegate Group
hrock_type: Andesite
Structure: Fractures Strike N20-50w; Dip Steeply E Or W
disc_yr: 1919
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
  • Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943: ODGMI BULL. 14-C VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P. 105
  • Deposit:: SCHUETTE, C. N., 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 4, P. 121
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