Oregon · Jefferson County
Occurrence

Big Muddy Cinnabar

Jefferson County, Oregon, United States
Mercury
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Description

E. G. Degner

Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlFractures And Seams Paralleling A Banding In The Rhyolite
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
Geology
Host rockTuff
Associated rockRhyolite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1935
Identification
Deposit ID10041036
MRDS IDM055949
Alternate namesCrosby Mercury, Yates, Degner
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates44.72872, -120.53555
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 1:1,000,0001959 DIREXPL OME, RESULTS UNKNOW