Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlAlong Sheared Contact Between Serpentine And Diorite Gneiss
Geology
Host rockDiorite
StructureSerpentine - Gneiss Contact
AlterationSerpentine Decomposed
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1941
Identification
Deposit ID10095493
MRDS IDM055892
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.35093, -123.74116
References
BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P. 96MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N. V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 100, TABLE 1 NO. 245