| Location: | Jefferson County, Oregon, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 44.71483, -120.50555 |
| dep_id: | 10103898 |
| mrds_id: | M060839 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Mercury |
| Trace mineral: | Antimony, Arsenic |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Cinnabar, Marcasite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Stibnite |
| gangue: | Gypsum, Montmorillonite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| work_type: | Unknown |
| alteration: | Andesite Altered To Clay And Carbonates |
| conc_proc: | Open-Space Filling By Hydrothermal Fluids |
| ore_ctrl: | Autobrecciated Rhyolite Beneath Cappings Of Clay Or Other Impermeable Rock, Most Important Of Which Is The Soil Forned On Unconformity That Cuts Across Clarna Fm. |
| Reporter: | Puffett, Willard P., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J. |
| hrock_unit: | Clarno Formation |
| hrock_type: | Rhyolite |
| arock_type: | Rhyolite,Andesite |
| Structure: | Autobrecciated Biotite Rhyolite Plug |
| tectonic: | Continental Magmatic Arc |
| Year first produced: | 1934 |
| disc_yr: | 1933 |
| discr: | Ray Whiting Jr. And Harry Hoy |
| 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. 106-
- Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND. BULL. 55, P. 119-121
- Deposit:: SCHUETTE, C.N. 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND. BULL. 4, P. 89-97
- Deposit:: 1942 GEOLMAP WATERS AND OTHERS, USGS BULL. 969-E
- Production:: BROOKS, H.C. 1963, P. 119
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