Description
Ray Whiting Jr. And Harry Hoy
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryArsenic, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlAutobrecciated Rhyolite Beneath Cappings Of Clay Or Other Impermeable Rock, Most Important Of Which Is The Soil Forned On Unconformity That Cuts Across Clarna Fm.
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Marcasite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Stibnite
GangueGypsum, Montmorillonite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Clarno Formation
Associated rockRhyolite,Andesite
StructureAutobrecciated Biotite Rhyolite Plug
Tectonic settingContinental Magmatic Arc
AlterationAndesite Altered To Clay And Carbonates
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1934
Discovery year1933
Identification
Deposit ID10103898
MRDS IDM060839
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.71457, -120.50808
References
WATERS, A.C., BROWN, R.E., COMPTON, R.R., STAPLES, L.W., WALKER, G.W., AND WILLIAMS, HOWELL, 1951, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE HORSE HEAVEN MINING DISTRICT, OREGON: USGS BULL. 969-E, P. 106.BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND. BULL. 55, P. 119-121.SCHUETTE, C.N. 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND. BULL. 4, P. 89-97.1942 GEOLMAP WATERS AND OTHERS, USGS BULL. 969-E.BROOKS, H.C. 1963, P. 119.