Blue Jay Prospect

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Arsenic
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043011
MRDS ID M061459
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Jay Prospect
Related records 10152338

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.14864, 42.09289 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carberry Creek(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
Willamette 040S 004W 14 NW OF NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASSOCIATED WITH BLUE QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kermesite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.14864, 42.09289

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTILS
    Strike N80W
    Dip 80SW
    Width 0.64M

Comments on the geologic information

  • STIBNITE ALSO OCCURS DISSEMINATED IN THE WALL ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1939-1942

Mining district

District name Upper Applegate

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Rogue River National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John H. Racicot, Jacksonville Oregon
    First year 1973

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period 1939-1944
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^47+ % Sb, 45+ Sb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Antimony Antimony 47wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ODGMI BULL. 64

Comments on the workings information

  • 300 FEET OF TUNNEL ON TWO LEVELS ODGMI BULL. 64

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF OREGON, 1969, ODGMI BULL. 64, P.93

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N.S., 1944, ANTIMONY IN OREGON; ODGMI GMI SHORT PAPER NO. 13, P.11

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.154

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DUPLICATE D001988 HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-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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