The Red Hill is a mercury mine located in Harney county, Oregon.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Red Hill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Hill
Secondary: Derose
Secondary: O'Keefe No. 2
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Harney
District: Steens - Pueblo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Harry Blair
Years: 1963 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1941
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
Type: L
Description: Local Shearing
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Clay Alteration, Silicification, Limonitization
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON PROSPECT SYMBOLS
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, P 198.
Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C.P., 1942, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE STEENS AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN OREGON; USGS BULL. 931-J, P.254
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF STEENS MOUNTAIN AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHEASTERN OREGON; USGS BULL. 995-B, P.66
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