Mine detail: Strickland Butte Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.4415, -120.65444

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Gilsonite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1940

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1940-41
First production started:	1940

Geology

Host rock:	Clarno Formation;Clarno Formation
Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	John Day Formation-Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal Alteration

References

MRDS	M060840
DEP	10042803
Reference	{Deposit:: WATERS, A.C. AND VAUGHAN, R.H., 1968, RECONNAISANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OCHOCO RESERVOIR QUADRANGLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON: USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-541}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES BULL. 55, P. 128-130}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965 , USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: 1950 GEOLMAP WATERS, A.C. MAP I-54}{Production:: BROOKS, H.C., 1963, P. 128}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P., Horley, D., Walker, G. W., Gray, Jerry J.