Lucky 13 Prospect

Occurrence in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity Mercury
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 10040981
MRDS ID M055886
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky 13 Prospect
Related records 10128574

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.59419, 42.28233 (WGS84)
Relative position .75 MI. NW OF SHALE CITY

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 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE WEST EDGE OF THE RIDGE BETWEEN THE MAMMOTH AND HOPELESS PROSPECTS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Opalitization Of The Host Rocks

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Little Butte Volcanics
    Rock description Little Butte Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.59419, 42.28233

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.36M

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bob And Lloyd Ferns And Martin And Henry Schnack
    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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013803) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE
Deposit CINNABAR IS FINELY DISPERSED IN OPALITE AND COATS BRECCIA FRAGMENTS

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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.