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Red Cloud Mine

Past Producer in Douglas county in Oregon, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103832
MRDS ID M055830
Record type Site
Current site name Red Cloud Mine
Alternate or previous names Mother Lode
Related records 10200431

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.94587, 42.77843 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Richter Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crater Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Umpqua(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Umpqua National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 032S 002W 21 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR CENTER OF NW/4 SEC 21

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PAINT-THIN COATINGS IN FAULT GOUGE, WITH PYRITE IN CALCITE VEINLETS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitized And Carbonatized Clay Gouge

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED .4 LB. / TON OF HG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Applegate Group;Applegate Group;Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group;Applegate Group;Applegate Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.94587, 42.77843
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULT ZONE CONTAINS LIMONITIZED AND CARBONATIZED GOUGE, SHEARED COUNTRY ROCK AND SMALL VEINLETS AND CLOTS OF CALCITE, QUARTZ AND PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Discoverer R. W. Thomason, Lewis Thomason, William Sasse
Production years 1907 - 1941

Mining district

District name Upper Cow Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Umpqua National Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. B. E. Hanson
    First year 1963

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Period To 1963
    Material HG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 95g/mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MAY BE SOME RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 381M

Comments on the workings information

  • MOST OF WORKINGS HAVE CAVED

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. 322.

  • Deposit

    FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000

  • Deposit

    5) OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, BULL

  • Production

    BROOKS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE WIDTH OF FAULT ZONE IS 4 OR 5 FT

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

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