Mine detail: Poor Boy

Previously called 'Monte Carlo ClaimsCrispinLast Chance'

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Location

Lat / long:

43.05149, -122.83282

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Calcite, Chalcedony, Limonite, Pyrite
Discovery year:	1927

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Colestin-Fisher
Host type:	Andesite
Alteration processes:	Silicified And Altered To Clays And Limonite, Kaolinized

References

MRDS	M055882
DEP	10040978
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}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.