Description
W. M. Stanley, J. Rogers
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
SecondaryClay
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlFault Zone Marked By Resistant Crags Of Kaolinized And Weakly Silicified Volcanic Rocks Cut By Chalcedony Veinlets
Materials
GangueChalcedony, Kaolinite
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Little Butte Volcanic Series
StructureShear Zone Striking N45-55w
AlterationKaolinized Volcanics
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1902
Identification
Deposit ID10040950
MRDS IDM055845
Alternate namesBrownsboro Clay & Quicksilver
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.45816, -122.6703
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, BULL. 14-C, V. 2, 200 P.WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE TILLER, TRAIL, AND BROWNSBORO AREAS AND OF THE PHILLIPS MINE; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT