Description
Ora Doan, C. M. Doan, D. E. Wheeler
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlJunction Of Two Reefs
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Cinnabar, Covellite, Malachite
GangueCalcite, Kaolinite
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Steens Mountain Volcanic Series
AlterationSilicification (Opalite)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1940
Discovery year1940
Identification
Deposit ID10040255
MRDS IDM054956
Alternate namesSpring Creek
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.20237, -118.67018
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. 331.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, SOUTHERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 931-J, P. 227-2585) WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SU.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 8=87, 1987, TABLE 1, NO. 14, P. 23.BROOKS, 1963