Location: | Harney County, Oregon, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 42.29209, -118.69908 |
dep_id: | 10040261 |
mrds_id: | M054962 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Mercury |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Occurrence |
ore: | Cinnabar |
gangue: | Chalcedony, Kaolinite, Quartz |
model: | 154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au |
alteration: | Silicification, Clay Alteration, Limonitization |
conc_proc: | Hydrothermal Solutions |
ore_ctrl: | Reefs Of Silicified Andesite |
Reporter: | Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) |
hrock_unit: | Steens Mountain Volcanic Series |
hrock_type: | Andesite |
arock_type: | Basalt |
disc_yr: | 1929 |
discr: | Pete Cachenaut, Ora And Robert Doan |
References: |
- Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
- Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 330.
- Deposit:: FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000
- Deposit:: ROSS, C.P., 1942, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE STEENS AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN OREGON, USGS BULL. 931-J, P. 227-258
- Deposit:: 5) WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF
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