Mine detail: Double Link

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 42.0132, -118.66879

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury, Copper
Ore: Chrysocolla, Cinnabar, Malachite
Gangue: Chalcedony, Opal
Discovery year: 1940

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Steens Basalt
Host type:Andesite
Structure:Local Fracturing
Alteration processes:Kaolinization, Silicification

References

MRDSM054952
DEP10092568
Reference{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, TABLE 26, P. 329.}{Deposit:: FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN STEENS MOUNTAIN AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 955-B, P. 19-77}{Deposit:: 5) ROWE, W. A., 1971, GEOLOGY OF THE SOU}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Gray, Jerry J., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)