Description
Current Owners
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSES
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueChalcedony, Opal
Geology
Host rockTuff · Clarno Formation
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureSmall Fractures , Major Fault Trending N70e
AlterationHydrothermal Alteration , Silicification Of Rhyolite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1940 - 1942
Discovery year1940
Identification
Deposit ID10041057
MRDS IDM055976
Alternate namesPrineville Quicksilver
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.32594, -120.81944
References
BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESMERCURY 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