Description
Milton Murphy, E. S. Noe
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
SecondaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlWorkings Expose Several Small Shear Zone Of Various Attitudes And Ranging From A Few Inches To Several Feet Wide
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury, Scheelite
GangueCalcite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMetavolcanic Rock · Applegate Group
StructureShear Zone
AlterationLocally The Rocks In The Shear Zones Are Crushed And Altered To Soft Masses Of Clay, Limonite And Calcite. In Places The Rocks Are Weakly Silicified
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1935
Identification
Deposit ID10040953
MRDS IDM055848
Alternate namesRattlesnake Group, Noe, B & W Mining Co
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.10316, -123.18975
References
BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P. 87WOLFE, H. D. AND WHITE, D. J., 1951, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON TUNGSTEN IN OREGON: ODGMI GMI SHORT PAPER 22, P. 19