Roxana

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040945
MRDS ID M055840
Record type Site
Current site name Roxana
Alternate or previous names Hill Top Mercury
Related records 10201311

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.96447, 42.64954 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cleveland Ridge(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 05 E Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • E/2 SEC 5

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Kaolinite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Locally The Broken Rocks Are Kaolinized And/Or Silicified

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Applegate Group;Applegate Group;Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group;Applegate Group;Applegate Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.96447, 42.64954

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures Strike N20-50w; Dip Steeply E Or W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Broad Fracture Zone. Fractures Strike N20-50w; Dip Steeply E Or W

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS ARE SCHISTOSE GREENSTONE (ANDESITE AND BASALT LAVAS AND TUFF; MINOR RHYOLITE); MINOR MICA SCHIST AND GNEISS. CHALCEDONY VEINLETS AND LENSES UP TO 2 FT THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1919

Mining district

District name Meadows

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Paul Matson
    First year 1963

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY HAND-DUG TRENCHES, 4 SHORT ADITS, 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS

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

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943: ODGMI BULL. 14-C VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P. 105

  • Deposit

    SCHUETTE, C. N., 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 4, P. 121

  • Production

    BROOKS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1981 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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