Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR BODIES, POCKETS, LENSES
Ore controlFault Intersections, Bends In Fault Surfaces
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury
GangueChalcedony, Clay, Quartz
Geology
Host rockTuff
Associated rockAndesite · Clarno Formation, Andesite, Tuff
AlterationArgillic Alteration, Silicification, Carbonatization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1930
Identification
Deposit ID10040419
MRDS IDM055191
Alternate namesEickemeyer
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.10401, -120.43054
References
BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESBROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 55, P.154BROWN, R.E., WATERS, A.C., AND WALKER, G.W., 1945, THE QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MAURY MOUNTAINS, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORTSTEPHENSON, E.L., 1943, GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS IN THE OCHOCO QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, USGS BULL. 940-C, P.91