Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlReefs
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Malachite, Pyrite
GangueChalcedony
Geology
Host rockAndesite
StructureShear Zone
AlterationKaolinization
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1935
Identification
Deposit ID10040257
MRDS IDM054958
Alternate namesCrimson Rose, White Pick, Blue Boy, Glob
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.29876, -118.69352
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 1:1,000,000WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF STEENS MOUNTAIN AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 955-B, P. 19-77