Mine detail: Salt Creek

Previously called ''

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long:

44.03733, -120.67721

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Calcite, Chalcedony, Quartz
Discovery year:	1940

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Clarno Formation
Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Faults & Shear Zones
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Calcification

References

MRDS	M055971
DEP	10041053
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Gray, Jerry J.