Location: | Jackson County, Oregon, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 42.56899, -122.99558 |
dep_id: | 10040949 |
mrds_id: | M055844 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Mercury |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Cinnabar, Mercury |
gangue: | Calcite, Limonite, Marcasite, Pyrite |
work_type: | Underground |
alteration: | Silicification On Edges Of Pegmatites |
conc_proc: | Hydrothermal Solutions |
ore_ctrl: | Cinnabar Deposition Along 2 Ne Trending Shear Zones 2 To 4 Feet Wide; One Strikes N25e, Dips 75e; The Other Strikes N45e And Dips 50 To 70 E |
Reporter: | Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J. |
hrock_unit: | Applegate Group;Applegate Group |
hrock_type: | Mica Schist,Amphibolite |
arock_type: | Hornblendite |
yr_lst_prd: | 1943 |
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. 322.
- Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943: ODGMI BULL. 14-C V. 2, SEC. 2, P. 94
- Deposit:: WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R., 1943, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MEADOWS DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST OREGON; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT
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