Mine detail: Ryan Group

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 43.53706, -119.95163

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Discovery year: 1933

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1967
Last production ended: 1968

Geology

Associated type:Tuff,Felsic Volcanic Rock
Structure:Nw Trending Faults
Alteration processes:Opalization Of Host Rocks

References

MRDSM025381
DEP10109500
Reference{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C., 1968, GLASS BUTTES MERCURY: ODGMI UNPUBLISHED REPORT}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 55, P. 172-174}{Deposit:: ROSS, C.P., 1941, SOME QUICKSILVER PROSPECTS IN ADJACENT PARTS OF NEVADA, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: USGS BULL. 931-B, P. 33-35}{Production:: COMPANY RECORDS VIA H.C. BROOKS, ODGMI}
ReporterFerns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.)