Birdseye Creek Mine

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032374
MRDS ID M013877
Record type Site
Current site name Birdseye Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -122.72398, 42.42873 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brownsboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 37S 04W Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -122.72398, 42.42873

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SAID TO BE EQUIPPED WITH A FLOTATION MILL & RETORTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ORE DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULL #4, P. 127

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-74 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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