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Mountain King Mine

Past Producer in Jackson 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 10249386
MRDS ID M055844
MAS/MILS ID 0410290134
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain King Mine
Related records 10040949

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.99554, 42.56902 (WGS84)
Elevation 838
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034 S 003 W 36 NESE 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) -122.99554, 42.56902
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E
    Dip 75E
    Thickness 1M
    Length 84M
    Width 18M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    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 N25E:75E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 10HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    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 1900
Year of first production 1942

Mining district

District name Meadows District

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-C, 1943, V. 2,

  • Deposit

    P. 94-96.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 55, 1963, P. 79-80

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-AUG-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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