Mine detail: Red Ledge

Previously called 'MercuryKingRed Devil'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.46204, -123.59255

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1931

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Galice;Galice
Host type:	Andesite
Alteration processes:	Chloritization Of Tuff

References

MRDS	M055891
DEP	10040985
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:: 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.