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War Eagle Coal Area

Occurrence in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036303
MRDS ID M025065
Record type Site
Current site name War Eagle Coal Area
Related records 10191303

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.95475, 42.61982 (WGS84)
Elevation 564

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boswell Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crater Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Rogue(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034S 002W 16 NW OF NW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Marcasite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Very Little Alteration Of Host Rocks

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Coal
    Rock unit name Umpqua
    Rock description Umpqua
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) May Creek Schist
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Cinnabar Occurs Along Minute Fractures In Coal Seams

Comments on the geologic information

  • TWO AND LOCALLY THREE COAL SEAMS ARE PRESENT. THEY RANGE FROM A FEW INCHES TO 3 FT THICK, SEPARATED BY BEDS OF SANDSTONE AND SILTSTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1936
Discoverer George Schumacher

Mining district

District name Meadows

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mineral Mines Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND WORK PROBABLY IS MOSTLY CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1943, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MEADOWS DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST OREGON: USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 55, P. 69

  • Deposit

    SCHUETTE, C.N., 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 4, P. 113

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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