The Donaldson is a mercury mine located in Jackson county, Oregon.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Donaldson MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Donaldson
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Trail
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Local Fracturing
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Rhyolite
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): SE/4 SEC 35, NE/4 SEC. 2
Comment (Workings): ONE ADIT 60 FT LONG AND SEVERAL SMALL OPENCUTS(1963)
Comment (Geology): NO ORE VISIBLE
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBER (M013822) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P 63. , P 63.
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, H AND COMPTON, R R, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE TILLER, TRAIL, AND BROWNSBORO AREAS AND OF THE PHILLIPS MINE, NEAR ASHLAND; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT
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