Mine detail: White Swan

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Location

Lat / long:

43.97622, -120.69638

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Gypsum, Pyrite
Orebody form:	DISSEMINATED

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Clarno Formation
Host type:	Tuff
Structure:	Northeast-Trending Faults
Tectonic:	Cascade Volcanic Arc?
Alteration processes:	Gypsum, Pyritization, Argillic

References

MRDS	MP00269
DEP	10048657
Reference	{Analytical Data:: WILKENING AND CUMMINGS}{Deposit:: WILKENING, R.M., AND CUMMINGS, M.L., 1987, MERCURY AND URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE CLARNO AND JOHN DAY FORMATIONS, BEAR CREEK BUTTE AREA, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON GEOLOGY, V. 49, NO. 9, P. 103-110}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.