Westerling

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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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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