Mine detail: Drew

Previously called 'Jackson'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.87899, -122.89309

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite, Chalcedony
Discovery year: 1925

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Basalt
Alteration processes:Hydrothermal

References

MRDSM055860
DEP10040962
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}{Deposit:: FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Gray, Jerry J.