Dave Force Mine

Past Producer 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -122.9567, 42.60621 (WGS84)
Relative position 20 MI NE OF GRANTS PASS, ORE.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034S 002W 20 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Umpqua
    Rock description Umpqua
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.9567, 42.60621

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Local Fault, Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION CONFINED TO DIABASE DIKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer D.S. Force

Mining district

District name Meadows

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW FLASKS PRODUCED FROM SMALL STOPE IN FAULT ZONE IN THE DIABASE DIKE, PRIOR TO 1924

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F. G. AND WATERS, A. C., 1934, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 850, P. 51.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P. , P. 76., P. 76.

  • Production

    BROOKS, 1963

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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