Mine detail: Bear Claims

Previously called 'Mercury Queen'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.48011, -120.36304

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar, Limonite, Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Andesite
Alteration processes:Kaolinization, Limonitization

References

MRDSM055959
DEP10041044
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, TABLE 26, P. 325.}{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:: GILLULY, J., REED, J.C., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1933, SOME MINING DISTRICTS OF EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 846-A, P. 121-123}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.