Commodities
PrimaryMercury, Barium-Barite, Copper
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Malachite
GangueChalcedony, Opal, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Steens Mountain Volcanic Series
AlterationMinor Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1940
Identification
Deposit ID10040259
MRDS IDM054960
Alternate namesConnor - Blair
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.30348, -118.71408
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 IN THE STEENS AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 931-J P. 227-2585) WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF STELANCASTER, H.K., 1941, BLAIR GROUP, OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT.1941 RECON UNPUBLISHED FILE REPOR