Oregon · Jackson County
Occurrence
Siskiyou Gap Prospect
Jackson County, Oregon, United States
Mercury
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Commodities
Primary
Mercury
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
N
Workings
Surface/Underground
Ore control
Crushed Zone 2 To 3 Ft. Wide In Shear Zone
Materials
Ore minerals
Cinnabar
Gangue
Limonite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rock
Hornblendite
Alteration
Crushed Rock Is Altered Almost Entirely To Clays And Limonite
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Identification
Deposit ID
10040983
MRDS ID
M055889
Region
NA
Data score
C
Coordinates
42.05233, -122.80196
References
BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P. 94