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Donaldson

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. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040939
MRDS ID M055834
Record type Site
Current site name Donaldson
Related records 10298707

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.78086, 42.65122 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trail(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crater Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 033S 001W 35 SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE/4 SEC 35, NE/4 SEC. 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Rhyolite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Little Butte Volcanic Series
    Rock description Little Butte Volcanic Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.78086, 42.65122
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Fracturing

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Cinnabar Occurs As Minute Specks In Limonite-Chalcedony Veinlets And In Seams Of Gouge An Inch Or So Thick.

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO ORE VISIBLE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Trail

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT 60 FT LONG AND SEVERAL SMALL OPENCUTS(1963)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P 63. , P 63.

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, H AND COMPTON, R R, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE TILLER, TRAIL, AND BROWNSBORO AREAS AND OF THE PHILLIPS MINE, NEAR ASHLAND; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013822) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. 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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