Description
Present Owners
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Mercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model104: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlOpalite Breccia
Geology
Host rockTuff
Associated rockBasalt · Owyhee Formation
StructureNw Trending Monocline, Small Fractures
AlterationLocal Opalitization Of The Host Rocks, Mainly Along Faults
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1951
Identification
Deposit ID10092561
MRDS IDM054918
Alternate namesHope Butte, Riddle, Jordan
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.07792, -117.4624
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 82521956 DIREXPL DME