| Deposit ID | 10088614 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055181 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dave Force Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Quicksilver Producers |
| Related records | 10201668 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -122.9567, 42.60621 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 20 MI NE OF GRANTS PASS, ORE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Jackson(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Boswell Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Crater Lake(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)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)
Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Jackson |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 034S | 002W | 20 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Umpqua | ||||||
| Rock description | Umpqua | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| (1) | -122.9567, 42.60621 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Faults |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discoverer | D.S. Force |
| District name | Meadows |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055181 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410290066 |
WELLS, F. G. AND WATERS, A. C., 1934, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 850, P. 51.
BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P. , P. 76., P. 76.
BROOKS, 1963
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RECORD NUMBER (M013813) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H |
| Deposit | CINNABAR OCCURS AS SEAMS IN SILICA-CARBONATE VEINLETS AND AS FINE DISPERSIONS IN A CHALCEDONIC BRECCIA IN THE SHEAR ZONE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1973 | Bergquist, Joel R. | 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 |
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