Lat / long: | 44.74622, -120.65195 |
Primary: | Mercury, Arsenic, Antimony, Sulfur, Gold |
Ore: | Antimony, Calomel, Marcasite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite, Sulfur |
Gangue: | Gypsum, Jarosite |
Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
Discovery year: | 1935 |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small |
Development status: | Past Producer |
First production started: | 1936 |
Host type: | Andesite |
Associated rock: | Porphyritic Andesite;Augite Andesite Plug |
Associated type: | Andesite |
Structure: | Normal Faults N 30 Deg E, Dip. 60 Deg Se. Cut The Mineralized Shear Zone. |
Alteration processes: | Porphyritic Andesite Altered To Clay At Contact With Augite Andesite Plug. |
MRDS | M060846 |
DEP | 10042808 |
Reference | {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} |
Reporter | Puffett, Willard P., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J. |