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Jeldness and Rhodes

Prospect 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. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097159
MRDS ID M055853
Record type Site
Current site name Jeldness and Rhodes
Alternate or previous names Redwing Cinnabar
Related records 10298960

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.9803, 42.03566 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dutchman Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(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 041S 002W 06 NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE/4 SEC 6, ON THE RIDGE BETWEEN THE FORKS OF SQUAW CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Clay Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.9803, 42.03566
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Minute Fractures Of Random Orientation

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALTERED ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS NEAR CONTACT WITH SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
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 Clarence Stevens
    First year 1963

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED, ABOUT 1 FL PRODUCED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 73.15M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT CAVED NO PRODUCTION RECORDED, ABOUT 1 FL PRODUCED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P. 92

  • Deposit

    MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 323.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR OCCURS ALONG FRACTURES FILLED WITH LIMONITE AND CLAY. QUARTZ SEAMS ARE PRESENT LOCALLY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1980 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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