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Ruby Quicksilver Prospect

Past Producer 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. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040956
MRDS ID M055852
Record type Site
Current site name Ruby Quicksilver Prospect
Alternate or previous names Red Feather, Jeldness
Related records 10274037

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.03363, 42.04261 (WGS84)
Elevation 1113
Relative position 35 MI. S. OF MEDFORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mule Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Applegate(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
040S 003W 34 SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE/4 SEC 34, SW/4 SEC 35

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Clay Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Serpentine

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Condrey Mountain Schist;Applegate Group
    Rock description Condrey Mountain Schist;Applegate Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.03363, 42.04261
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Trending Fault Zone

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Network Of Small Fractures And Breccia Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS INTRUDE CONTACT BETWEEN THE CONDREY MTN SCHIST AND METAVOLCANIC ROCKS OF THE APPLEGATE GROUP ; GEOL.DESC: HOST ROCKS INTRUDE PALEOZOIC SCHISTS AND TRI APPLEGATE METAVOLCANICS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Upper Applegate

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Rogue River National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arthur Jeldness
    First year 1963

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 60 LBS OF HG PRODUCED IN 1956

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VERY SMALL RESERVES

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SHORT ADITS, 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SEVERAL OPENCUTS ABOUT 60 LBS OF HG PRODUCED IN 1956

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, TABLE 26, P. 323.

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943: ODGMI BULL. 14-C VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P. 183

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013872) 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-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

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