Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueChalcedony, Kaolinite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Pike Creek Formation
StructureLocal Shearing
AlterationClay Alteration, Silicification, Limonitization
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1941
Identification
Deposit ID10040262
MRDS IDM054963
Alternate namesDerose, O'Keefe No. 2
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.2982, -118.67241
References
BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, P 198.MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252ROSS, C.P., 1942, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE STEENS AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN OREGON; USGS BULL. 931-J, P.254WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF STEENS MOUNTAIN AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHEASTERN OREGON; USGS BULL. 995-B, P.66