Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlSmall Faults And Fracture Zones From A Few Inches To 4 Feet Wide. Dip Steeply. Strike N50e, N10w, N78w
Geology
Host rockBasalt
StructureLocal Fractures. Small Faults And Fracture Zones From A Few Inches To 4 Feet Wide. Dip Steeply. Strike N50e, N10w, N78w
AlterationHost Rocks Are Kaolinized, Limonitized And Silicified
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10040944
MRDS IDM055839
Alternate namesRed Chief, Steel Head
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.65344, -122.71586
References
BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P. 66BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESMERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P.323.WELLS, F. G. AND WATERS, A. C., 1934, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWEST OREGON: USGS BULL. 850HLADKY, FRANK R., DOGAMI, FIELD VERIFIED