Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver, Copper
TertiaryArsenic, Mercury, Zinc, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlShear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
GangueCalcite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockArgillite · Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
Associated rockGabbro
StructureEast-West Striking Thrust Fault, Vein Fills A Normal Fault
Tectonic settingOceanic Sediments
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1897 - 1916
Identification
Deposit ID10032533
MRDS IDM014099
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.82763, -118.20772
References
BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI, BULL 61 , P. 74 .OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - A, P. 38 .BROOKS, H. C., 1963 , QUICKSILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 55 , P. 216 .LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN OREGON, USGS ANN. REPT. NO. 2, P. 663W. W. ELMER, JUNE 30 , 1930 .