Mine detail: Westerling

Previously called 'Wesserling'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.35678, -120.30138

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Copper
Ore: Chrysocolla, Cinnabar
Orebody form: STRINGERS
Discovery year: 1930

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Clarno Formation
Host type:Andesite
Tectonic:Basin And Range

References

MRDSMP00014
DEP10048429
Reference{Deposit:: FREDERICK, FRANCIS, 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATIONS OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000.}{Deposit:: GILLULY, JAMES, REED, J.C., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1933, SOME MINING DISTRICTS OF EASTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 846-A, P. 120-121.}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 55, P. 166.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MERCURY IN OREGON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 328.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.