Mine detail: Palmer Creek

Previously called 'DoodlebugGold PanHydeDavison'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.11705, -123.15892

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar, Gold
Gangue: Calcite
Discovery year: 1919

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Applegate Group
Host type:Metavolcanic Rock

References

MRDSM055888
DEP10040982
Reference{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P. 90}{Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252,TABLE 26, P. 322.}{Deposit:: DILLER, J.S. AND KAY, G.F., 1909, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GRANTS PASS QUADRANGLE AND BORDERING DISTRICTS, ORE. CONTRIB. TO ECON. GEOL.: USGS BULL. 380, P. 79}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, BULL. 14-C, V. 2, 200 P.}{Deposit:: 5) WILKINSON, W.D., 1940, ADVANCD REPORT ON SOME QUICKSILVER PROSPECTS IN BUTTE FALLS QUADRANGLE, ORE.: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL.}
ReporterGray, Jerry J., Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.)