Phillips

Prospect 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10040952
MRDS ID M055847
Record type Site
Current site name Phillips
Alternate or previous names Meridian
Related records 10152293

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.76085, 42.22177 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI. NW OF ASHLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talent(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038S 001W 36 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Opal Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) Clastic sedimentary rocks

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 W
    Dip 85 W
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • CINNABAR OCCURS BOTH WITH COARSE CALCITE VEINLETS IN DISCONTINOUS SILICA-LIMONITE STRINGERS AND AS MINOR DISSEMINATIONS IN RUSTY GOUGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ashland

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Phillips (Estate)
    First year 1963

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORDED PRODUCTION BUT PERHAPS A FEW FLASKS WERE PRODUCED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 83.82M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P. 83

  • Deposit

    MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013836) HAS BEEN 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

Beyond USGS

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