Mine detail: Salt Creek

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Location: Crook County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.03733, -120.67721
dep_id: 10041053
mrds_id: M055971
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Calcite, Chalcedony, Quartz
alteration: Silicification, Calcification
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A., Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: Clarno Formation
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Faults & Shear Zones
disc_yr: 1940
discr: W. A. Beaver, Earl Hale
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
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