Mine detail: Gopher

Previously called 'StephenPennell'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.06982, -122.79421

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Discovery year: 1936

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite

References

MRDSM055879
DEP10095490
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. 321.}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940, BULL. 14-C, V. 1, 133 P.}{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}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.