| Location: | Douglas County, Oregon, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 43.39425, -123.18366 |
| dep_id: | 10040416 |
| mrds_id: | M055187 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Mercury |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar |
| gangue: | Calcite, Chalcedony, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR LENSES |
| work_type: | Unknown |
| alteration: | Silica, Carbonate And Clay Alteration And Impregnation Of Host Rocks |
| conc_proc: | Open-Space Fillings By Hydrothermal Fluids |
| ore_ctrl: | Bedding Plane Shear Zone In Sandstone. Ore Zone In Upper Levels Of The Mine Is Capped By Shale Unit |
| Reporter: | Bergquist, Joel R., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J. |
| hrock_unit: | Umpqua;Umpqua;Umpqua |
| hrock_type: | Siltstone,Sandstone |
| Structure: | Ore Zone Is On The East Flank Of A Broad Anticline Striking N 25 E And Dipping 45 Se, Sandstone-Shale Contact |
| Year first produced: | 1937 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1960 |
| disc_yr: | 1868 |
| prod_yrs: | 1887 , 1937 - 1949 , 1951 - 1960 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: SCHUTTE, C. N., 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 4, P. 130-137
- Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.
- Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963 , QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI, BULL. 55 , 223 P.
- Deposit:: BROWN, R. E. AND WATERS, A. C., 1951 , QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA - NONPAREIL DISTRICT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON: USGS BULL. 955 - F.
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