| Lat / long: | 43.55898, -123.17061 |
| Primary: | Mercury |
| Ore: | Cinnabar, Metacinnabar |
| Gangue: | Chalcedony, Limonite, Siderite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1870 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | 1882 , 1887 - 1889 , 1916 - 1919 , 1931 - 1935 , 1957 |
| First production started: | 1882 |
| Last production ended: | 1971 |
| Host rock: | Umpqua |
| Host type: | Tuff |
| Associated type: | Basalt |
| Structure: | East Limb Of Ne Trending Red Hill Anticline |
| Alteration processes: | Host Rocks Are Bleached And Softened, Cut By Chalcedony-Sederite-Limonite Veinlets And Locally Silicified |
| MRDS | M060823 |
| DEP | 10042792 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOL AND MIN. IND. BULL. 55, P. 41-43.}{Deposit:: WELLS, F.G., AND WATERS, A.C., 1934, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 850, P. 34-35}{Deposit:: SCHUETTE, C. N., 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 4, P. 145}{Deposit:: ERICKSON, E. G. AND SAMPLE, R. D., 1959, FINAL REPORT, CONTRACT IDM-E1216, MONETA PORCUPINE MINES, LIMITED, ELKHEAD MINE: OFFICE OF MINERALS EXPLORATION UNPUBLISHED REPORT}{Deposit:: 5) BAILEY, E. H}{Deposit:: 1930 GEOLMAP WELLS, F.G. AND WATERS, A.C., USGS BULL. 85}{Reserve-Resource:: ERICKSON AND SAMPLE} |
| Reporter | Puffett, Willard P., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J. |