Commodities
PrimaryMercury, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPOCKETS
Ore controlCinnabar Occurs In Chalcedony Veinlets And Along Fractures In The Shear Zone.
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury
GangueBarite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite
StructureShearing, Brecciation
AlterationClay, Silica And Carbonate Alteration And Impregnation Of The Host Rocks
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1934
Identification
Deposit ID10040283
MRDS IDM054988
Alternate namesLucky Boy No. 1
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.74928, -120.76497
References
BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESMERCURY 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 1:1,000,0005) ROSS, C.P., 1941, SOME QUICKSILVER PROS