Commodities
PrimaryMercury, Zeolites
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFault Intersections And Shear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueHeulandite, Opal, Quartz, Stilbite
Geology
Host rockBasalt · Columbia River Basalt
StructureMany Small Faults
AlterationMild Clay Alteration Of Basalt Adjacent To The Veins
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1938 - 1943
Discovery year1924
Identification
Deposit ID10040412
MRDS IDM055179
Alternate namesOregon Quicksilver
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.0801, -121.97588
References
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965.BROOKS, H. C., 1963 , QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 55 , 223 P.BROWN, R. E. AND WALKER, G. W., 1943, CLACKAMAS QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, OREGON: USGS UNPUBLISHED MSOREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951: ODGMI BULL. 14-D P. 20-21