Description
Present Owners
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formPODS
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueAlunite
Geology
Host rockTuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
AlterationHost Rocks Are Partly Opalized
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1958 - 1959
Discovery year1956
Identification
Deposit ID10103767
MRDS IDM054992
Alternate namesFour Square
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates42.32096, -120.74414
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 8252PETERSON, N. V. AND MCINTYRE, J. R., 1970, THE RECONNAISANCE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 66, P. 49