Neil Rock

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10054737
MRDS ID OR07840
Record type Site
Current site name Neil Rock
Related records 10298261

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.96725, 42.54149 (WGS84)
Elevation 817

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
35S 02W 08 NE OF NE OF SW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.96725, 42.54149

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Meadows

Comments on the workings information

  • SLOUGHED IN TRENCH 7 FT WIDE, 7 FT DEEP, AND 15 FT LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILEY, T.J., AND HLADKY, F.R., 1992, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE BOSWELL MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, JACKSON COUNTY,OREGON:OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES GEOL. MAP SERIES GMS-70

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-JAN-1990 Hladky, Frank R. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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