Juby Lode

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095487
MRDS ID M055851
Record type Site
Current site name Juby Lode
Related records 10201539

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.1092, 42.04233 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mule Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Applegate(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040S 003W 31 SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW/4 SEC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.1092, 42.04233

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In Amphibolite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Applegate

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Rogue River National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wade Crawford
    First year 1963

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHORT ADITS AND SEVERAL OPENCUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P. 91

  • Deposit

    MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 321.

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943: ODGMI BULL. 14-C V. 2, SEC. 2, P. 167

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR OCCURS AS THIN VEINLETS, FRACTURE COATINGS, AND OCCASIONAL NUGGETS ALONG FRACTURES IN THE AMPHIBOLITE AND AS CRYSTALLINE SPECKS IN QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINLETS
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013871) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE. ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H

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

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