The Ruby Quicksilver Prospect is a mercury mine located in Jackson county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,652 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: 3,652 Feet (1,113 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 42.04278, -123.03250
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Ruby Quicksilver Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ruby Quicksilver Prospect
Secondary: Red Feather
Secondary: Jeldness
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Upper Applegate
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Rogue River National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Arthur Jeldness
Years: 1963 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: E-W Trending Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Serpentine
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): SE/4 SEC 34, SW/4 SEC 35
Comment (Reserve-Resource): VERY SMALL RESERVES
Comment (Production): ABOUT 60 LBS OF HG PRODUCED IN 1956
Comment (Workings): 4 SHORT ADITS, 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SEVERAL OPENCUTS ABOUT 60 LBS OF HG PRODUCED IN 1956
Comment (Geology): HOST ROCKS INTRUDE CONTACT BETWEEN THE CONDREY MTN SCHIST AND METAVOLCANIC ROCKS OF THE APPLEGATE GROUP ; GEOL.DESC: HOST ROCKS INTRUDE PALEOZOIC SCHISTS AND TRI APPLEGATE METAVOLCANICS
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBER (M013872) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE. ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H
References
Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 323.
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943: ODGMI BULL. 14-C VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P. 183
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
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