Mine detail: Mountain King

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.56899, -122.99558

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Mercury
Gangue:	Calcite, Limonite, Marcasite, Pyrite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1943

Geology

Host rock:	Applegate Group;Applegate Group
Host type:	Mica Schist,Amphibolite
Associated type:	Hornblendite
Alteration processes:	Silicification On Edges Of Pegmatites

References

MRDS	M055844
DEP	10040949
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, TABLE 26, P. 322.}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943: ODGMI BULL. 14-C V. 2, SEC. 2, P. 94}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R., 1943, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MEADOWS DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST OREGON; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.