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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Rhyolite
- Associated rock
- Basalt
- Orebody form
- DISSEMINATED
- Tectonic setting
- Basin And Range
- Deposit model
- 104: Hot-spring Au-Ag
N 50 W Trending Mcloughlin Fracture Zone
Kaolinitic, Argillic, Minor Silicification. Illite, Illite-Montmorillonite, Chlorite, Adularia, Pyrite, And Zeolites Have Developed Below The Water Table. Local Sericitic Alteration
Mining history
- Status
- Prospect
- Production size
- Medium
Records and references
HOLLISTER AND JENNINGS, 1993HOLLISTER, 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. 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.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10097319 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 42.32179, -120.79358
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