Description
Carl Bertelson
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryArsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlMineralized Breccia In A Fault Zone Striking N70w And Dipping 75ne To Vertical
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueChalcedony, Marcasite
Geology
Host rockSchist · Applegate Group;Applegate Group
StructureFault Zone Striking N70w And Dipping 75ne To Vertical
AlterationSilicification Of Fault Breccia
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1916, 1919-1924, 1936-1937, 1939-1940, 1942-1943, 1945, 1946
First production1916
Last production1954
Discovery year1916
Identification
Deposit ID10088615
MRDS IDM055184
Alternate namesRainier Vein, Utah Quicksilver
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.62065, -122.96281
References
BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 55, P. 69WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R. R., 1943, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MEADOWS DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST OREGON: USGS UNPUBLISHED MS.WELLS, F. G. AND WATERS, A. C., 1934, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWEST OREGON: USGS BULL. 850, P. 53SCHUETTE, C. N., 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 4, P. 113