Oregon · Josephine County
Past Producer

Pickett Creek

Josephine County, Oregon, United States
Mercury
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Description

J. M. Farmer, E. T. Carnegie

Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Galice
AlterationLocal Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1931
Identification
Deposit ID10040984
MRDS IDM055890
Alternate namesCarnegie, Duval and Powell
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.47899, -123.53033
References
BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P. 95MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P