Steamboat Cinnabar

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095492
MRDS ID M055887
Record type Site
Current site name Steamboat Cinnabar
Alternate or previous names Curl

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.21642, 42.09733 (WGS84)
Relative position 32 MI FROM GRANTS PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carberry Creek(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 004W 18 NW OF NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW, NE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Mercury Ore
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.21642, 42.09733

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Fractures

Ore body information

  • Strike N 48 W
    Dip 50 S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone Containing 2 To 3 Ft. Of Limonitic Breccia And Gouge. Some Mineralization In Footwall Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1914

Mining district

District name Upper Applegate

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Rogue River National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. W. Kubli
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORDED PRODUCTION, POSSIBLY A FEW FLASKS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall width 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE EXCAVATION WAS 25 FT DEEP. UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ARE BURRIED BY RUBBLE FROM SURFACE WORKINGS NO RECORDED PRODUCTION, POSSIBLY A FEW FLASKS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252

  • Deposit

    FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES 350 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORK IN 4 ADITS AND A LARGE OPENCUT

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.