The Chisholm is a mercury mine located in Jackson county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Chisholm MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chisholm
Secondary: Little Jean
Secondary: Mrs. Dewey
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Meadows
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: S. F. And J. W. Chisholm
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
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 Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Carbonatization
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Metacinnabar
Ore: Mercury
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Opal
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE PROSPECTS LIE IN A STRONG SHEAR ZONE PARALLING THE CONTACT OF THE TERTIARY SEDIMENTS WITH THE OLDER METAMORPHIC ROCKS
Comment (Production): MOST HG RECOVERED FROM LITTLE JEAN WORKINGS
Comment (Workings): MUCH OF WORKINGS CAVEDMOST HG RECOVERED FROM LITTLE JEAN WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P. 73 , P. 73
Reference (Deposit): PARKS, H. M. AND SWARTLEY, A. M., 1916, HANDBOOK OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF OREGON: MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 2, NO. 4, P. 54.
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F. G. AND WATERS, A. C., 1934, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 850, P. 55.
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R., 1943, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MEADOWS DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST OREGON; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT
Reference (Production): BROOKS
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