| Deposit ID | 10040414 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055185 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cinnabar Mountain |
| Alternate or previous names | Webb, Tainor, Lucky Strike, Pacific Synd. |
| Related records | 10201420 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -122.9317, 42.57371 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 671 |
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)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)
Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Jackson |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 034S | 002W | 34 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Clay | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Marcasite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Result | 2 TO 8 LB ORE |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Umpqua | ||||
| Rock description | Umpqua | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -122.9317, 42.57371 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Normal Faults |
| Strike | N20W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 55-60 E |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1928 |
| District name | Meadows |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. B. Webb |
| First year | 1963 |
| Year | 1960 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | To 1960 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | HG | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^2-8 Lb/Ton | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 121.92M |
| Overall depth | 45.72M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055185 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410290620 |
BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252
WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R., 1943, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MEADOWS DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST OREGON, USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT
BROOKS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RECORD NO. M061945 COMBINED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE. ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1974 | Bergquist, Joel R. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1980 | Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1993 | Gray, Jerry J. | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries |
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