Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
TertiaryMercury, Arsenic, Antimony, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlFault Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Marcasite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockArgillite · Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
Associated rockDiorite · Bald Mountain Batholith
Tectonic settingAccreted Oceanic Terrane
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10036567
MRDS IDM025433
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.81263, -118.29938
References
FERNS, M.L. AND OTHERS, 1982, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MT. IRELAND QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; ODGMI MAP (IN PREPARATION)BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 75HEWITT, D.F., 1931, ZONAL RELATIONS OF THE LODES OF THE SUMPTER QUADRANGLE, ALME TRANS., V. 5, P. 312-330LINDGREN, W., 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON; USGS ANN. REPT. NO. 22, P. 667