Mine detail: Empire

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.47232, -123.51505

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Discovery year:	1931

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Galice
Host type:	Greenstone
Alteration processes:	Partial Alteration Of The Rocks To Limonite And Clay Minerals

References

MRDS	M055856
DEP	10040959
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P 95, P 95}{Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 320.}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL 14-C, VOL 2, SEC 1, P 71}{Deposit:: RAMP, L AND PETERSON, N V, 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL 100, TABLE 1, NO 199}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.