Mountain King

Past Producer 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040949
MRDS ID M055844
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain King
Related records 10249386

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.99558, 42.56899 (WGS84)
Relative position 12 MI. NE OF GOLD HILL

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 034S 003W 36 NE OF SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE/4 SE/4 SEC 36

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Mercury Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification On Edges Of Pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Applegate Group;Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group;Applegate Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.99558, 42.56899

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 E, N 45 E
    Dip 75 E, 70 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Cinnabar Deposition Along 2 Ne Trending Shear Zones 2 To 4 Feet Wide; One Strikes N25e, Dips 75e; The Other Strikes N45e And Dips 50 To 70 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1943

Mining district

District name Meadows

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Elizabeth Whipple And Charles H. And Josephine H. Ba

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Period Pre 1963
    Material HG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^4 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 1807g/mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VERY SMALL RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • MOST WORKINGS NOW CAVED AT PORTALS

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. 322.

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943: ODGMI BULL. 14-C V. 2, SEC. 2, P. 94

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R., 1943, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MEADOWS DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST OREGON; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Production

    BROOKS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NO. M013780 MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM 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.

External references