Oregon · Douglas County
Occurrence

Gopher

Douglas County, Oregon, United States
Mercury
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Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1936
Identification
Deposit ID10095490
MRDS IDM055879
Alternate namesStephen, Pennell
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates43.06982, -122.79421
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. 321.OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940, BULL. 14-C, V. 1, 133 P.FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000