Mine detail: Last Chance

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.35093, -123.74116

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Discovery year:	1941

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Structure:	Serpentine - Gneiss Contact
Alteration processes:	Serpentine Decomposed

References

MRDS	M055892
DEP	10095493
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P. 96}{Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N. V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 100, TABLE 1 NO. 245}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.