Mine detail: Brick Pile Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.11205, -122.82141

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1868

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Applegate Group;Applegate Group
Host type:	Metasedimentary Rock,Amphibolite
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M055855
DEP	10040958
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. 319.}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P. 155}{Deposit:: SCHUETTE, C. N., 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 4, P. 127}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.