The Woodpecker Group 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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Woodpecker Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Woodpecker Group
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Upper Applegate
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Rogue River National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1941
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: Locally The Rocks Are Crushed And More Or Less Altered To Soft Masses Of Clay, Limonite And Calicite. In Places The Rocks Are Weakly Silicified
Rocks
Name: Metavolcanic Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Location): SW/4 SEC 16, NW/4 SEC 21
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NO. M013863 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: GEOLOGY LIKE THAT OF MURPHYS TO N
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, TABLE 26, P. 324.
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943: ODGMI BULL. 14-C VOL. 2, SEC. 2 (JACKSON CO.), P. 193
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