Mine detail: Jack Pot

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Location

Lat / long:

42.55876, -118.55769

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Limonite
Gangue:	Chalcedony, Clay
Discovery year:	1954

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Pike Creek Formation
Host type:	Rhyolite
Alteration processes:	Silicification Of Shears, Clay And Limonite Alteration

References

MRDS	M054966
DEP	10095479
Reference	BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P
Reporter	Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.), Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.