Mine detail: Bonita

Previously called 'Salt Creek'

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Location: Jackson County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.69954, -123.00532
dep_id: 10040948
mrds_id: M055843
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite
alteration: Limonitization, Carbonatization
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: May Creek Schist
hrock_type: Amphibolite
Structure: Shear Zone
disc_yr: 1930
discr: J. Henderson
References:
  • Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
  • Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
  • Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 319.
  • Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, V.2, SEC. 2, P. 52.
  • Deposit:: 5) WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R., 1943, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MEADOWS DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST OREGON; USGS UNPUBLIS
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