Mine detail: Red Jacket

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Location: Jefferson County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.75039, -120.67362
dep_id: 10041077
mrds_id: M055998
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury, Antimony, Copper, Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar, Limonite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Stibnite
gangue: Clay
orebody_fm: PODS
work_type: Underground
alteration: Silicification
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A., Horley, D., Walker, G. W. And Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_type: Andesite
Structure: Shearing And Fracturing
References:
  • Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
  • Deposit:: WATERS, A.C. AND OTHERS, 1951, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE HORSE HEAVEN MINING DISTRICT, OREGON; USGS BULL. 969-E, P.128, 143
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