Cinnabar Mountain

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -122.9317, 42.57371 (WGS84)
Elevation 671

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)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034S 002W 34 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Clay Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Carbonatization.

Analytical data

Result 2 TO 8 LB ORE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Umpqua
    Rock description Umpqua
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.9317, 42.57371

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 55-60 E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS CONFINED TO BANDS OF CRUSHED, FRIABLE, LIMONITIC AND KAOLINIZED SANDSTONES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1928

Mining district

District name Meadows

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. B. Webb
    First year 1963

Production statistics

  • Year 1960
    Period To 1960
    Material HG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2-8 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Mercury Mercury 2259g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • LAST OPERATED 1943. WORKINGS CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.

  • Deposit

    MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    BROOKS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NO. M061945 COMBINED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE. ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references