Commodities
PrimaryMercury, Gold
SecondarySilver
TertiaryCopper, Lead, Antimony, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model104: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formDISSEMINATED
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
GangueAlunite, Barite, Chalcedony, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Opal, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockBasalt
StructureN 50 W Trending Mcloughlin Fracture Zone
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationKaolinitic, Argillic, Minor Silicification. Illite, Illite-Montmorillonite, Chlorite, Adularia, Pyrite, And Zeolites Have Developed Below The Water Table. Local Sericitic Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10097319
MRDS IDMP00149
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.32179, -120.79358
References
HOLLISTER AND JENNINGS, 1993HOLLISTER, V.F., AND JENNINGS, D.S., 1993, RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LOW-GRADE GOLD DISSEMINATIONS AND HIGH-GRADE VEINS IN THE QUARTZ MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, OREGON: NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES, V. 2, NO. 4, P. 284-291.SAWLAN, M.G., AND RUSSELL, D.K., 1991, RHYOLITE DOMES, NW-TRENDING FAULTS, GOLD DEPOSITS, AND HIGH-ALUMINA BASALTS IN THE DEVILS GARDEN-NW BASIN AND RANGE: RAPID VOLCANIC AND STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION FROM 8-6 MA AT QUARTZ MOUNTAIN, SOUTH-CENTRAL OREGON [ABS.]: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 23, NO. 2, P. 95.