The Mocks Gulch Prospect is a mercury mine located in Jackson county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,399 feet.
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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
Elevation: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 42.09306, -123.19944
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Mocks Gulch Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mocks Gulch Prospect
Secondary: Max Gulch
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Upper Applegate
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Rogue River National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: R. A. Mitchell And D. A. Wright
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1917
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
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Deeply Weathered Metavolcanics
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE
Comment (Location): SW/4 NE/4
Comment (Deposit): SHEAR ZONE PROSPECTED MAINLY FOR SCHEELITE; CINNABAR OCCURS LOCALLY COATING FRACTURE SURFACES IN THE SHEAR ZONE AND IN THE WALL ROCKS
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NO. M013864 AND D001344 MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H
References
Reference (Deposit): WOLFE, H. D. AND WHITE, D. J., 1951, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON TUNGSTEN IN OREGON: ODGMI GMI SHORT PAPER 22, P. 18
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P. 89
Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 321.
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