Mine detail: Barnes Butte Mine

Previously called 'Prineville Quicksilver'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.32593, -120.81941

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Other material:	Chalcedony, Cinnabar
Discovery year:	1940

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1941

Geology

References

MRDS	M055976
MAS	410130026
DEP	10128587
Reference	OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 55, 1963, P. 164.
Reporter	Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)