Location: | Crook County, Oregon, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 44.10512, -120.43027 |
dep_id: | 10036290 |
mrds_id: | M025049 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Mercury |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Producer |
ore: | Cinnabar |
gangue: | Chalcedony, Quartz |
orebody_fm: | POCKETS, LENSES, IRREGULAR MASSES |
ore_ctrl: | Fault Intersections, Bends In Fault Surfaces |
Reporter: | Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J. |
hrock_unit: | Clarno Formation |
hrock_type: | Clay, Mud,Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
arock_type: | Andesite |
Structure: | An Arcuate Fault System Parallels The Intrusive Contact |
disc_yr: | 1930 |
discr: | J.E. Staley And Frank Towner |
References: |
- Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 55, P. 154
- Deposit:: BROWN, R.E., WATERS, A.C., AND WALKER, G.W., 1945, THE QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MAURY MOUNTAINS MINES; CROOK COUNTY, OREGON; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT
- Deposit:: STEPHENSON, E.L., 1943, GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY IN THE OCHOCO QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, OREGON; USGS BULL. 940-C, P. 91
- Deposit:: 1941 GEOPHYS STEPHENSON, E.L., REFERENCE 3
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