The Rabbit Hole is a mercury mine located in Harney county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Rabbit Hole MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rabbit Hole
Secondary: Spring Creek
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Oregon
County: Harney
District: Steens - Pueblo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Shull, Andrew
Years: 1963 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1940
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification (Opalite)
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Barite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: NO CINNABAR SEEN IN PLACE
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION NOT RECORDED
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY A 63 FOOT SHAFT AND A 25 FOOT ADIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 331.
Reference (Deposit): FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C.P., 1942, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE STEENS AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 931-J, P. 227-258
Reference (Deposit): 5) WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF S
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 8=87, 1987, TABLE 1, NO. 14, P. 23.
Reference (Production): BROOKS, 1963
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
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