Description
Mrs. Frank Platner
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlFault Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockTuff,Andesite · Clarno Formation;Clarno Formation
Associated rockAndesite
StructureFault Zone, Contact Of Flows & Tuffs
AlterationSilicified Fault Zone, Limonized
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1940, 1942, 1954, 1958
Discovery year1930
Identification
Deposit ID10041051
MRDS IDM055968
Alternate namesBear Creek, Wiltsie and Platner
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.00122, -120.7161
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