Mine detail: Bonita

Previously called 'Salt Creek'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.69954, -123.00532

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite
Discovery year:	1930

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	May Creek Schist
Host type:	Amphibolite
Structure:	Shear Zone
Alteration processes:	Limonitization, Carbonatization

References

MRDS	M055843
DEP	10040948
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.