Mocks Gulch Prospect

Occurrence in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Mercury, Tungsten
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040954
MRDS ID M055849
Record type Site
Current site name Mocks Gulch Prospect
Alternate or previous names Max Gulch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.20058, 42.09289 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carberry Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Applegate(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040S 004W 17 SW OF NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW/4 NE/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Deeply Weathered Metavolcanics

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.20058, 42.09289

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 70 S
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Mining district

District name Upper Applegate

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Rogue River National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. A. Mitchell And D. A. Wright

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WOLFE, H. D. AND WHITE, D. J., 1951, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON TUNGSTEN IN OREGON: ODGMI GMI SHORT PAPER 22, P. 18

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P. 89

  • Deposit

    MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 321.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONE PROSPECTED MAINLY FOR SCHEELITE; CINNABAR OCCURS LOCALLY COATING FRACTURE SURFACES IN THE SHEAR ZONE AND IN THE WALL ROCKS
Deposit RECORD NO. M013864 AND D001344 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-FEB-1981 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

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