Rayome Prospect

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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040943
MRDS ID M055838
Record type Site
Current site name Rayome Prospect
Alternate or previous names Rayomes Cinnabar
Related records 10232269

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.66281, 42.6615 (WGS84)
Elevation 482

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McLeod(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crater Lake(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)

Federal lands

USACE(Federal land areas administered by USACE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 033S 001E 33 NW OF NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW/4 SEC 33

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Wall Rocks Are Bleached And Partly Altered To Clay, Limonite, And Silica

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Little Butte Volcanic Series
    Rock description Little Butte Volcanic Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.66281, 42.6615

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • Width 0.46M

Comments on the geologic information

  • TWO PARALLEL VERTICAL SHEAR ZONES CARRY GOUGE SEAMS UP TO 3 INCHES ACROSS WITH MINOR AMOUNTS OF CINNABAR PAINT. ; HR.AGE.MV: BASALTIC L

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Trail

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. C. Brewer

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 323.

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON R.R., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE TILLER, TRAIL, AND BROWNSBORO AREAS AND THE PHILLIPS MINE, ASHLAND; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Deposit

    HLADKY, FRANK R., DOGAMI, FIELD VERIFIED

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M015639) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. 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.