Mine detail: Roxana

Previously called 'Hill Top Mercury'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.64954, -122.96447

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Kaolinite, Limonite, Marcasite
Discovery year:	1919

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Applegate Group;Applegate Group;Applegate Group
Host type:	Andesite
Structure:	Fractures Strike N20-50w; Dip Steeply E Or W
Alteration processes:	Locally The Broken Rocks Are Kaolinized And/Or Silicified

References

MRDS	M055840
DEP	10040945
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}{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}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.