Mine detail: Ames - Bancroft

Previously called 'Oregon Quicksilver'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.07954, -121.98116

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Gangue:	Calcite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1932

Geology

Host rock:	Columbia River Basalt
Host type:	Basalt

References

MRDS	M055945
DEP	10103834
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965.}{Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.