Mine detail: Big Muddy Cinnabar

Previously called 'Crosby MercuryYatesDegner'

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Location: Jefferson County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.72872, -120.53555
dep_id: 10041036
mrds_id: M055949
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar
ore_ctrl: Fractures And Seams Paralleling A Banding In The Rhyolite
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A., Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_type: Tuff
arock_type: Rhyolite
disc_yr: 1935
discr: E. G. Degner
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
  • Deposit:: 1959 DIREXPL OME, RESULTS UNKNOW
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