Mine detail: Mammoth Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 42.28539, -122.58863

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Discovery year: 1951

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Little Butte Volcanic Series
Host type:Tuff
Alteration processes:Opalization Of Host Rocks

References

MRDSM055884
DEP10040979
ReferenceBROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P. 8
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.