Mine detail: Ross Claims

Previously called 'Pence and Howell'

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Location

Lat / long:

43.0551, -122.86309

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Discovery year:	1930

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Colestin-Fisher
Host type:	Andesite
Alteration processes:	Mild Clay-Silica Alteration/Impregnation Of Rocks

References

MRDS	M055908
DEP	10041001
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BULL. 55, 223 P.}{Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: RAMP, L., 1965, JL CINNABAR GROUP: ODGMI UNPUBLISHED REPORT}
Reporter	Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Peterson, Jocelyn A.