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Red Cloud Group

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10200431
MRDS ID M055830
MAS/MILS ID 0410190035
Record type Site
Current site name Red Cloud Group
Alternate or previous names Mother Lode Mine
Related records 10103832

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.94585, 42.77732 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 032 S 002 W 21 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chalcedony Unknown
Cinnabar Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -122.94585, 42.77732
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 70E
    Thickness 3M
    Length 150M
    Width 75M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N30E:70E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 5HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Year of first production 1932

Mining district

District name Tiller-Drew Area

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-C, 1940, V. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 126-127.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 55, 1963, P. 57.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, TABLE 26, P. 322.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-AUG-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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