Mine detail: Diamond Creek Placer

Previously called 'Mountain BoomerFeheley'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.00704, -123.87977

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Kaolinization And Sericitization Of Feldspars, Limonitization Of Amphiboles

References

MRDS	M055895
DEP	10040988
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, P. 322.}{Deposit:: CATER, R. W. JR. AND WELLS, F. G., 1953, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GASQUET QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: USGS BULL. 995-C, P. 126.}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.