Location: | Jefferson County, Oregon, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 44.74622, -120.65195 |
dep_id: | 10042808 |
mrds_id: | M060846 |
Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
Major mineral: | Mercury, Arsenic, Antimony, Sulfur, Gold |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Antimony, Calomel, Marcasite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite, Sulfur |
gangue: | Gypsum, Jarosite |
orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
work_type: | Unknown |
alteration: | Porphyritic Andesite Altered To Clay At Contact With Augite Andesite Plug. |
ore_ctrl: | Hydrothermally Altered Contacts, Shear Zones. |
Reporter: | Puffett, Willard P., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J. |
hrock_type: | Andesite |
arock_unit: | Porphyritic Andesite;Augite Andesite Plug |
arock_type: | Andesite |
Structure: | Normal Faults N 30 Deg E, Dip. 60 Deg Se. Cut The Mineralized Shear Zone. |
Year first produced: | 1936 |
disc_yr: | 1935 |
discr: | L.C. Swanson And Charles Swanson |
References: |
- Deposit:: WATERS, A.C., BROWN, R.E., COMPTON, R.R., STAPLES, L.W., WALKER, G.W., AND WILLIAMS, HOWELL, 1951, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE HORSE HEAVEN MINING DISTRICT OREGON: USGS BULL. 969-E, P. 142-1
- Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND. BULL. 55, P. 124
- Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS PERSONAL FILES
- Deposit:: 1943 GEOLMAP R.E. BROWN AND G.W. WALKER, BULL. 969-
- Production:: BROOKS, H.C., 1963, P. & BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
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