The Roxana 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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Roxana MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Roxana
Secondary: Hill Top Mercury
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Meadows
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Paul Matson
Years: 1963 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1919
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: Fractures Strike N20-50w; Dip Steeply E Or W
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Locally The Broken Rocks Are Kaolinized And/Or Silicified
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Marcasite
Comments
Comment (Location): E/2 SEC 5
Comment (Workings): MANY HAND-DUG TRENCHES, 4 SHORT ADITS, 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS
Comment (Geology): HOST ROCKS ARE SCHISTOSE GREENSTONE (ANDESITE AND BASALT LAVAS AND TUFF; MINOR RHYOLITE); MINOR MICA SCHIST AND GNEISS. CHALCEDONY VEINLETS AND LENSES UP TO 2 FT THICK.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943: ODGMI BULL. 14-C VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P. 105
Reference (Deposit): SCHUETTE, C. N., 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 4, P. 121
Reference (Production): BROOKS
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