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War Eagle

Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Mercury, Arsenic
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088615
MRDS ID M055184
Record type Site
Current site name War Eagle
Alternate or previous names Rainier Vein, Utah Quicksilver
Related records 10201563

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.96281, 42.62065 (WGS84)
Relative position 20 MI NE OF GRANTS PASS, ORE.

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034S 002W 17 NW OF NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • N EDGE SEC 17, NW/4 NW/4 SEC 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Marcasite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Fault Breccia

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGED 1 PCT HG, OR 22 LB HG PER TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Applegate Group;Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group;Applegate Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.96281, 42.62065
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone Striking N70w And Dipping 75ne To Vertical

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N70W
    Dip 75NE TO VERTICAL
    Length 152.4M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Breccia In A Fault Zone Striking N70w And Dipping 75ne To Vertical

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN CONSISTS OF SILICEOUS BRECCIA; CINNABAR AND MARCASITE FILL FRACTURES IN THE BRECCIA. ; GEOL.DESC: DEV(?) SCHISTS INTRUDED BY MESOZOIC GRANITE AND ULTRA-MAFICS. OVERLAIN BY EOCENE UMPQUA FM. SUBSEQUENTLY CUT BY NORMAL FAULTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Discoverer Carl Bertelson
Year of first production 1916
Year of last production 1954
Production years 1916, 1919-1924, 1936-1937, 1939-1940, 1942-1943, 1945, 1946

Mining district

District name Meadows

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Timber Products Co., E.W. Steinbeck
    First year 1963

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1916-1954
    Material HG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^5-18 Lb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Mercury Mercury 5195g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 502.92M
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS AS OF 1934. LAST OPERATED 1954, SOME WORKINGS CAVED

Comments on development

  • OPERATED BEFORE 1920. ; ECON.COM: 5 TO 18 LB ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 55, P. 69

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R. R., 1943, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MEADOWS DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST OREGON: USGS UNPUBLISHED MS.

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F. G. AND WATERS, A. C., 1934, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWEST OREGON: USGS BULL. 850, P. 53

  • Deposit

    SCHUETTE, C. N., 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 4, P. 113

  • Production

    BROOKS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN AVERAGES 4.5 FT WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Bergquist, Joel R. 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

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