Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueChalcedony, Clay, Limonite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Pike Creek Formation
Associated rockBasalt
StructureThe Mineralization Lies In A Fault Zone Which Cuts Both Rhyolite Flows, Interbedded Tuffs, And A Younger Basaltic Dike
AlterationSilicification Of Breccia Is Most Intense In The Rhyolite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1941 - 1942
Identification
Deposit ID10098452
MRDS IDM054971
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.56265, -118.55269
References
BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESMERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 329.WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF STEENS MOUNTAIN AND PUEBLU MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 955-B, P. 19-77