Mine detail: Opalite Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 42.05518, -118.02819

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Lithium, Uranium
Other material: Chalcedony, Cinnabar
Discovery year: 1924

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1926

Geology

References

MRDSMO55182
MAS410450004
DEP10128625
Reference{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 931-N, 1942, P. 343-344.}{Deposit:: OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 55, 1963,}{Deposit:: P. 186-189.}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-541, 1979, P. 8.}
ReporterWestern Field Operations Center (WFOC)