Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlBroad Fracture Zone. Fractures Strike N20-50w; Dip Steeply E Or W
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueKaolinite, Limonite, Marcasite
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Applegate Group;Applegate Group;Applegate Group
StructureFractures Strike N20-50w; Dip Steeply E Or W
AlterationLocally The Broken Rocks Are Kaolinized And/Or Silicified
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1919
Identification
Deposit ID10040945
MRDS IDM055840
Alternate namesHill Top Mercury
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.64954, -122.96447
References
BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943: ODGMI BULL. 14-C VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P. 105SCHUETTE, C. N., 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 4, P. 121