Commodities
PrimaryMercury, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsChrysocolla, Cinnabar, Malachite
GangueChalcedony, Opal
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Steens Basalt
StructureLocal Fracturing
AlterationKaolinization, Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1940
Identification
Deposit ID10092568
MRDS IDM054952
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.0132, -118.66879
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 8252, TABLE 26, P. 329.FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN STEENS MOUNTAIN AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 955-B, P. 19-775) ROWE, W. A., 1971, GEOLOGY OF THE SOU