Oregon · Crook County
Past Producer
Taylor Ranch
Crook County, Oregon, United States
Mercury
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Description
A.J. Champion
Commodities
Primary
Mercury
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
TABULAR
Ore control
Fault Intersections
Materials
Ore minerals
Cinnabar, Jarosite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rock
Andesite
Associated rock
Tuff,Rhyolite,Andesite,Basalt · Clarno Formation, Andesite Flows, Tuff
Structure
Many Fractures
Alteration
Argillic Alteration, Silicification, Carbonatization.
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Production years
1940-1943
Discovery year
1938
Identification
Deposit ID
10040418
MRDS ID
M055189
Alternate names
Ochoco, Whiting
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
44.39955, -120.43943
References
BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.