Oregon · Lake County
Occurrence

Pinto Group

Lake County, Oregon, United States
Mercury
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Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlCinnabar Is Locally Disseminated In Opalite And Tuff And Coats Fractures. Assay Values Are Very Low.
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
Geology
Host rockTuff
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureRocks Are Greatly Sheared
AlterationHost Rocks Are Opalized To Varying Degree Over A Large Area
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1959
Identification
Deposit ID10040281
MRDS IDM054986
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates42.03318, -120.6394
References
BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P