Description
Pete Cachenaut, Ora And Robert Doan
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlReefs Of Silicified Andesite
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueChalcedony, Kaolinite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Steens Mountain Volcanic Series
Associated rockBasalt
AlterationSilicification, Clay Alteration, Limonitization
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1929
Identification
Deposit ID10040261
MRDS IDM054962
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.29209, -118.69908
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. 330.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