Description
R.S. And M.L. Page And C.S. Carnagey
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlNear Contact Between Tuffs And Intrusive Rhyolite
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueGilsonite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Clarno Formation;Clarno Formation
Associated rockRhyolite · John Day Formation-Rhyolite
AlterationHydrothermal Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1940-41
First production1940
Discovery year1940
Identification
Deposit ID10042803
MRDS IDM060840
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.4415, -120.65444
References
WATERS, A.C. AND VAUGHAN, R.H., 1968, RECONNAISANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OCHOCO RESERVOIR QUADRANGLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON: USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-541BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES BULL. 55, P. 128-130BAILEY, E. H., USGS PERSONAL FILESMERCURY IN OREGON, 1965 , USBM IC 82521950 GEOLMAP WATERS, A.C. MAP I-54BROOKS, H.C., 1963, P. 128