Commodities
PrimaryMercury, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cinnabar, Malachite
GangueChalcedony
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Steens Mountain Volcanic Series
StructureShearing
AlterationKaolinization, Local Silicification (Opalite)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10040258
MRDS IDM054959
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.31709, -118.71796
References
BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, P.200.MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 330.ROSS, C.P., 1942, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE STEENS AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 931-J, P. 227-258WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF STEENS MOUNTAIN AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 955-B, P. 19-77