Mine detail: Harmony Prospect

Previously called 'Olson and Needham'

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Location: Curry County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.75342, -124.20785
dep_id: 10040987
mrds_id: M055894
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl: Fault Between Galice Shale And Myrtle Conglomerate And Sandstone (Strikes N 35 E); Cinnabar And Calcite Impregnate Conglomerate Near The Fault.
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: Myrtle Group;Galice
hrock_type: Sandstone
disc_yr: 1937
discr: J. A. Olson, D. E. Needham
References:
  • 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., SCHLICKER, H. G., AND GRAY, J. J., 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIALS OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 93, P. 46
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