Poole and Pence Prospects

Occurrence 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040942
MRDS ID M055837
Record type Site
Current site name Poole and Pence Prospects
Alternate or previous names Rogers
Related records 10225668

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.76253, 42.664 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR ROGUE ELK

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 033S 001W 25 CENTER OF S Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • S. CENTRAL PART SEC 25, NE/4 SEC 36

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Vein Walls Are Argillized And Cut By Limonite And Clay Filled Fractures

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Little Butte Volcanic Series
    Rock description Little Butte Volcanic Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.76253, 42.664

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Small Veins Up To One Ft. Wide; Strike Northerly

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Trail

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. R. Moore
    First year 1963

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED, A FEW HUNDRED POUNDS RETORTED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 21.95M

Comments on the workings information

  • LITTLE WORK DONE SINCE THE 1940'S NO PRODUCTION RECORDED, A FEW HUNDRED POUNDS RETORTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    WELLS, F.G. AND WATERS, A.C., 1934, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 850, 58 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013820) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H
Deposit DUPLICATE M013819 HAS BEEN DELETED.

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

Beyond USGS

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