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Neil Rock

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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048664
MRDS ID MP00277
Record type Site
Current site name Neil Rock

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.96836, 42.54149 (WGS84)
Elevation 829
Relative position ABOUT 1.3 MI NORTHEAST OF RAMSEY LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boswell Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crater Lake(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 035S 002W 08 NE4 OF SW4 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROPERTY IS INDICATED AS A MERCURY PROSPECT EVEN THOUGH ANALYTICAL DATA FOR HG INDICATES LITTLE IS PRESENT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE OF ALTERED ROCK YIELDED 4 PPB AU, 5 PPM AS, <0.1 PPM HG, 6 PPM MO, 0.3 PPM SB

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Payne Cliffs Formation
    Rock description Payne Cliffs Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.96836, 42.54149
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Meadows District (?)

Comments on the workings information

  • NATURE OF WORKINGS UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    WILEY AND HLADKY, 1991

  • Deposit

    WILEY, T.J., AND HLADKY, F.R., 1991, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE BOSWELL MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES GEOLOGICAL MAP SERIES GMS-70, SCALE 1:24,000

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1994 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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