Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Ore controlFault Zone Trending N65-70e
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Chalcedony, Limonite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Colestin-Fisher
Associated rockAndesite
AlterationHost Rocks Are Partly Altered To Clay And Calcite And Impregnated With Calcite And Chalcedony Veinlets
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1928 - 1930, 1934, 1943
Discovery year1918
Identification
Deposit ID10103833
MRDS IDM055876
Alternate namesUmpqua
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates43.01732, -122.93309
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 8252, TABLE 26, P. 319.RAMP, L., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 75, P. 51.OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940: ODGMI BULL. 14-C VOL. 1-COOS, CURRY, AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES