Mine detail: Platner

Previously called 'Bear CreekWiltsie and Platner'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.00122, -120.7161

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Pyrite
Discovery year:	1930

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1940, 1942, 1954, 1958

Geology

Host rock:	Clarno Formation;Clarno Formation
Host type:	Tuff,Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Fault Zone, Contact Of Flows & Tuffs
Alteration processes:	Silicified Fault Zone, Limonized

References

MRDS	M055968
DEP	10041051
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:: FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Horley, D. And Walker, G. W.