Description
George Schumacher
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlCinnabar Occurs Along Minute Fractures In Coal Seams
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueMarcasite
Geology
Host rockCoal · Umpqua
AlterationVery Little Alteration Of Host Rocks
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1936
Identification
Deposit ID10036303
MRDS IDM025065
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.61982, -122.95475
References
WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1943, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MEADOWS DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST OREGON: USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORTBROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 55, P. 69SCHUETTE, C.N., 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 4, P. 113