Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlBroad Fracture Zone Along Fault Contact Between Tuffaceous Sandstone And Basalt
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Metacinnabar
GangueChalcedony, Limonite, Siderite
Geology
Host rockTuff · Umpqua
Associated rockBasalt
StructureEast Limb Of Ne Trending Red Hill Anticline
AlterationHost Rocks Are Bleached And Softened, Cut By Chalcedony-Sederite-Limonite Veinlets And Locally Silicified
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1882 , 1887 - 1889 , 1916 - 1919 , 1931 - 1935 , 1957
First production1882
Last production1971
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID10042792
MRDS IDM060823
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates43.55898, -123.17061
References
BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOL AND MIN. IND. BULL. 55, P. 41-43.WELLS, F.G., AND WATERS, A.C., 1934, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 850, P. 34-35SCHUETTE, C. N., 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 4, P. 145ERICKSON, E. G. AND SAMPLE, R. D., 1959, FINAL REPORT, CONTRACT IDM-E1216, MONETA PORCUPINE MINES, LIMITED, ELKHEAD MINE: OFFICE OF MINERALS EXPLORATION UNPUBLISHED REPORT5) BAILEY, E. H1930 GEOLMAP WELLS, F.G. AND WATERS, A.C., USGS BULL. 85ERICKSON AND SAMPLE