Red Star Prospect

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. 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 10040957
MRDS ID M055854
Record type Site
Current site name Red Star Prospect
Related records 10298286

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.9703, 42.00955 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dutchman Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(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
Willamette 041S 002W 17 W OF NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • W/2 NW/4 SEC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Slight Hydrothermal Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.9703, 42.00955

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Joints

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone Trending N5e

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Discoverer Eugene Mee, John O' Brien

Mining district

District name Upper Applegate

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Rogue River National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Donald O'Brien
    First year 1963

Comments on the production information

  • BAILEY INDICATES 10 FL PRODUCED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 323.

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940, BULL. 14-C, V. 1, 133 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013831) 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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.