The Westerling is a mercury mine located in Crook county, Oregon.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Westerling MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Westerling
Secondary: Wesserling
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Oregon
County: Crook
District: Johnson Creek
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1930
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Workings): 10 FT DEEP OPEN CUTS
Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR HAS BEEN FOUND THROUGHOUT A 70 FT WIDE BELT STRIKING N45E
References
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.
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 55, P. 166.
Reference (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.
Reference (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.
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