| Location: | Lake County, Oregon, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 42.32179, -120.79358 |
| dep_id: | 10097319 |
| mrds_id: | MP00149 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Gold, Mercury |
| Minor mineral: | Silver |
| Trace mineral: | Arsenic, Antimony, Lead, Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Prospect |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite |
| gangue: | Alunite, Barite, Chalcedony, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Opal, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | DISSEMINATED |
| model: | 104: Hot-spring Au-Ag |
| alteration: | Kaolinitic, Argillic, Minor Silicification. Illite, Illite-Montmorillonite, Chlorite, Adularia, Pyrite, And Zeolites Have Developed Below The Water Table. Local Sericitic Alteration |
| Reporter: | Peterson, Jocelyn A. |
| hrock_type: | Rhyolite |
| arock_type: | Basalt |
| Structure: | N 50 W Trending Mcloughlin Fracture Zone |
| tectonic: | Basin And Range |
| References: |
- Analytical Data:: HOLLISTER AND JENNINGS, 1993
- Deposit:: HOLLISTER, V.F., AND JENNINGS, D.S., 1993, RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LOW-GRADE GOLD DISSEMINATIONS AND HIGH-GRADE VEINS IN THE QUARTZ MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, OREGON: NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES, V. 2, NO. 4, P. 284-291.
- Deposit:: SAWLAN, M.G., AND RUSSELL, D.K., 1991, RHYOLITE DOMES, NW-TRENDING FAULTS, GOLD DEPOSITS, AND HIGH-ALUMINA BASALTS IN THE DEVILS GARDEN-NW BASIN AND RANGE: RAPID VOLCANIC AND STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION FROM 8-6 MA AT QUARTZ MOUNTAIN, SOUTH-CENTRAL OREGON [ABS.]: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 23, NO. 2, P. 95.
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