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Empire

Occurrence in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodity Mercury
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040959
MRDS ID M055856
Record type Site
Current site name Empire
Related records 10201348

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.51505, 42.47232 (WGS84)
Relative position 13 MI. W. OF GRANTS PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Onion Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036S 007W 03 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW/4 SEC 3

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Partial Alteration Of The Rocks To Limonite And Clay Minerals

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS SHOWED 0.3 AND 0.5 LB/TON HG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Galice
    Rock description Galice
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.51505, 42.47232
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1931
Discoverer Lester R. Briggs

Mining district

District name Pickett Creek

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lela Briggs
    First year 1963

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS NOW CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P 95, P 95

  • Deposit

    MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 320.

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL 14-C, VOL 2, SEC 1, P 71

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L AND PETERSON, N V, 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL 100, TABLE 1, NO 199

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO ADITS, 80 FT AND 45 FT LONG; 35 FT SHAFT; OPENCUT.
Deposit RECORD NO M013721 COMBINED 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-JAN-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

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