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Red Jacket

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Mercury, Antimony, Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041077
MRDS ID M055998
Record type Site
Current site name Red Jacket
Related records 10274603

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.67362, 44.75039 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Donnybrook(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stephenson Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bend(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Trout(hydrologic unit)

Deschutes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009S 017E 27 S Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON PROSPECT SYMBOLS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL PODS HIGH GRADE BUT TOO WIDELY SPACED TO BE ECONOMICAL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Limonite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Clay Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.67362, 44.75039
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shearing And Fracturing

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Strike NW
    Dip STEEPLY N

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CINNABAR PROBABLY SECONDARY AFTER LIVINGSTONITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Horse Heaven

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mike Dragish, Ben Laughlin, Charles Eppley
    First year 1963

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED, PROBABLY A FLASK OR TWO

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • APPROXIMATELY 1000 FT OF ADITS AND TUNNELS WERE DEVELOPED IN EARLY 1900'S DURING EARLY GOLD PROSPECTING. NO PRODUCTION RECORDED, PROBABLY A FLASK OR TWO

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED FOR AU, AG, CA. 1900

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WATERS, A.C. AND OTHERS, 1951, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE HORSE HEAVEN MINING DISTRICT, OREGON; USGS BULL. 969-E, P.128, 143

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1980 Horley, D., Walker, G. W. And 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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