Oregon · Crook County
Occurrence
Salt Creek
Crook County, Oregon, United States
Mercury
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Description
W. A. Beaver, Earl Hale
Commodities
Primary
Mercury
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
N
Ore control
Shear Zone
Materials
Ore minerals
Cinnabar
Gangue
Calcite, Chalcedony, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Andesite · Clarno Formation
Associated rock
Andesite
Structure
Faults & Shear Zones
Alteration
Silicification, Calcification
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Discovery year
1940
Identification
Deposit ID
10041053
MRDS ID
M055971
Region
NA
Data score
C
Coordinates
44.03733, -120.67721
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 8252