Mine detail: Pickett Creek

Previously called 'CarnegieDuval and Powell'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.47899, -123.53033

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Discovery year:	1931

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Galice
Host type:	Sandstone
Alteration processes:	Local Silicification

References

MRDS	M055890
DEP	10040984
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P. 95}{Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.