The James R. is a mercury mine located in Douglas 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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James R. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: James R.
Secondary: Pollanz
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Douglas
District: Tiller
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1927
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
Physiographic Detail: Cascade Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Small Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED AT CENTER OF SECTION LINE
Comment (Workings): NOW CAVED
Comment (Geology): NO CINNABAR FOUND IN PLACE
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. 322.
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 75, P. 53
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G. AND WALERS, A.C., 1934, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 850, 58 P.
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