Mine detail: Champion

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.38733, -120.44138

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Limonite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chalcedony
Discovery year:	1930

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1934 - 1938, 1941

Geology

Host type:	Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Andesite
Structure:	Local Faults
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal Alteration Of Andesite To Clays

References

MRDS	M055956
DEP	10041042
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Gray, Jerry J.