| Deposit ID | 10040948 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055843 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bonita |
| Alternate or previous names | Salt Creek |
| Related records | 10176664 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -123.00532, 42.69954 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1067 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Jackson(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Skeleton Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Canyonville(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)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)
Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Jackson |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 033S | 003W | 13 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Result | ASSAYS SHOWED 0.4, 1.7, 0.5 LB/TON HG |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite |
| Rock unit name | May Creek Schist |
| Rock description | May Creek Schist |
| (1) | -123.00532, 42.69954 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Shear Zone |
| Strike | N 10 W |
|---|---|
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1930 |
| Discoverer | J. Henderson |
| District name | Meadows |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | H. S. Musson |
| First year | 1963 |
| Year | 1960 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | To 1960 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | HG | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^3 Lb/Ton | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055843 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410290044 |
BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 319.
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, V.2, SEC. 2, P. 52.
5) WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R., 1943, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MEADOWS DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST OREGON; USGS UNPUBLIS
BROOKS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE SHEAR ZONE CAN BE TRACED FOR 2000 FEET |
| 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 |
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