| Deposit ID | 10040949 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055844 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mountain King |
| Related records | 10249386 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -122.99558, 42.56899 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 12 MI. NE OF GOLD HILL |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Jackson |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 034S | 003W | 36 | NE OF SE | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Mercury | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Marcasite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite | ||
| |||
| 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 |
| (1) | -122.99558, 42.56899 |
|---|
| Strike | N 25 E, N 45 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 75 E, 70 SE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of last production | 1943 |
| District name | Meadows |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Elizabeth Whipple And Charles H. And Josephine H. Ba |
| Year | 1963 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Pre 1963 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | HG | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^4 Lb/Ton | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 609.6M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055844 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410290134 |
BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 322.
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943: ODGMI BULL. 14-C V. 2, SEC. 2, P. 94
WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R., 1943, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MEADOWS DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST OREGON; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT
BROOKS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RECORD NO. M013780 MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H |
| 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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