Mine detail: Pitcher Prospect

Previously called 'Shoestring Creek'

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Location: Lane County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.71649, -122.77283
dep_id: 10041015
mrds_id: M055924
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Quartz
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A., Gray, Jerry J.
disc_yr: 1935
discr: Ben Pitcher
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:: FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000
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