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Hopeless

Occurrence in Jackson 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040980
MRDS ID M055885
Record type Site
Current site name Hopeless
Related records 10298756

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.59669, 42.27816 (WGS84)
Elevation 1608

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grizzly Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(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)

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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038S 002E 09 N OF SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • N/2 SW/4 SEC 9, ABOUT HALF MILE NW OF SHALE CITY, ABOUT HALF MILE NW OF SHALE CITY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Opalitization Of Host Rocks

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Little Butte Volcanic Series
    Rock description Little Butte Volcanic Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.59669, 42.27816
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia, Opalite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Discoverer Present Owners

Mining district

District name Shale City

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. A. Myers And Marcel Klimek
    First year 1963

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P 82, P 82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR IN OPALITE BRECCIA ZONE ABOUT 1 FT WIDE AND 15 FT LONG CUT BY FRACTURES TRENDING N85W

Reporter information

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