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Maud S.

Past Producer in Douglas 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040974
MRDS ID M055877
Record type Site
Current site name Maud S.
Alternate or previous names Oregon Mercury Corp.
Related records 10152703

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.93254, 43.01482 (WGS84)
Relative position 6.5 MI. E. OF TILLER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deadman Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Diamond Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Umpqua(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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029S 002W 34 N OF CENTER Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • N - CENTRAL PART OF SEC. 34

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Host Rocks Are Sheared, Carbonatized And Impregnated With Calcite And Chalcedonyvenlets. Gouge Rich Zones Are Common.

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLE ASSAYED 1.3 LB/TON HG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Colestin-Fisher
    Rock description Colestin-Fisher
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Sedimentary rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 W
    Dip 70 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • System Of Small Faults; Strike N25-45e; Dip 60-80e

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1928 - 1930

Mining district

District name Tiller

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Steve Cooper And Bernard Young
    First year 1963

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORDED PRODUCTION, BUT PROBABLY A FEW FLASKS WERE PRODUCED IN 1928-1930 AND 1934-1936

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • PARTS NOW CAVED NO RECORDED PRODUCTION, BUT PROBABLY A FEW FLASKS WERE PRODUCED IN 1928-1930 AND 1934-1936

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 75, P. 54

  • Production

    BROOKS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-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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