Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Malachite
GangueChalcedony, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Steens Mountain Volcanic Series;Steens Mountain Volcanic Series
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10040235
MRDS IDM054930
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates42.18598, -118.55351
References
MERCURY IN OREGON: USBM IC 8252FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF STEENS MOUNTAIN AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 955-B, P. 19-77