Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlContact Between Rhyolite And Basalt Dike
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Limonite, Mercury
GangueChalcedony
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Pike Creek Formation
Associated rockBasalt
AlterationClay Alteration, Limonitization, Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10040268
MRDS IDM054970
Alternate namesIndian Creek
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.55876, -118.55769
References
BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000