Mine detail: Forty - Nine Diggings

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 42.22205, -122.73974

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar, Gold

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Hornbrook;Hornbrook
Host type:Sandstone

References

MRDSM055846
DEP10040951
Reference{Deposit:: DILLER, J S, 1914, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL 546, P 90-93.}{Deposit:: WINCHELL, A N, 1914, PETROLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON BUR MINES AND GEOL, MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, VOL 1 NO 5, P 111-114 AND 124}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P 82, P 82}{Deposit:: OREGON METALS MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2., P.32.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.