Mine detail: Platner Mine

Previously called 'Bear Creek Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.99923, -120.7214

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Other material: Chalcedony, Cinnabar, Limonite
Discovery year: 1930

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1939

Geology

References

MRDSM055968
MAS410130018
DEP10274523
Reference{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 846-A, 1933, P. 138-139.}{Deposit:: OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 4, 1938, P. 111.}{Deposit:: OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 55, 1963,}{Deposit:: P. 154-155.}
ReporterWestern Field Operations Center (WFOC)