Mine detail: War Eagle

Previously called 'Rainier VeinUtah Quicksilver'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.62065, -122.96281

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Arsenic
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Chalcedony, Marcasite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1916

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	1916, 1919-1924, 1936-1937, 1939-1940, 1942-1943, 1945, 1946
First production started:	1916
Last production ended:	1954

Geology

Host rock:	Applegate Group;Applegate Group
Host type:	Schist
Structure:	Fault Zone Striking N70w And Dipping 75ne To Vertical
Alteration processes:	Silicification Of Fault Breccia

References

MRDS	M055184
DEP	10088615
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 55, P. 69}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R. R., 1943, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MEADOWS DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST OREGON: USGS UNPUBLISHED MS.}{Deposit:: WELLS, F. G. AND WATERS, A. C., 1934, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWEST OREGON: USGS BULL. 850, P. 53}{Deposit:: SCHUETTE, C. N., 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 4, P. 113}
Reporter	Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Bergquist, Joel R.