Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlFault Zone 1 To 2 Ft Wide In Basalt; Traces Of Cinnabar Along Fractures
Geology
Host rockBasalt · Umpqua
StructureFractures
AlterationMild Clay Alteration Of Basalt
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1937
Identification
Deposit ID10040970
MRDS IDM055871
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates43.58953, -123.19756
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 8252FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000