Commodities
PrimaryMercury, Gold
TertiaryCopper, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Pyrite
GangueLimonite, Quartz
Geology
StructureShear Zones
AlterationHydrothermal Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10040252
MRDS IDM054953
Alternate namesWonder Rock
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.1057, -118.62879
References
BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 330.FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 161.5) WILLIAMS, H., AND COMPTON, RR, 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF STEENS MOUNTAIN AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS,U.S.BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 8-87, 1987, TABLE 1, NO. 26, P. 23.BROOKS, 1963