Description
Glenn Stephenson
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlFault Breccia
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Limonite
GangueCalcite, Chalcedony
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Clarno Formation
Associated rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
StructureFaults
AlterationHydrothermal Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1935
Identification
Deposit ID10098460
MRDS IDM055994
Alternate namesBear Creek, Humboldt Metallics Corp.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.56733, -120.41111
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 8252FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000