Description
M. M. & Ora Doan
Commodities
PrimaryMercury, Copper, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cinnabar, Malachite
GangueChalcedony, Kaolinite, Limonite, Opal
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockRhyolite,Basalt
StructureFracturing
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1929
Identification
Deposit ID10040254
MRDS IDM054955
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.17181, -118.66823
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. 329.FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000ROSS, C.P., 1942, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE STEENS AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTNERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 931-J, P. 227-2585) WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF