The Palmer Creek is a mercury mine located in Jackson county, Oregon at an elevation of 2,825 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: 2,825 Feet (861 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 42.11722, -123.15778
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Palmer Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Palmer Creek
Secondary: Doodlebug
Secondary: Gold Pan
Secondary: Hyde
Secondary: Davison
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Upper Applegate
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Doodlebug Mining Co. (Joe Inman, Joe Fitzpatrick)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1919
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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): LARGE OPENCUT AND SEVERAL SHORT ADITS ONE OR TWO FLASKS PRODUCED IN 1966 WITH SMALL ROTARY FURNACE. EARLY DAY PLACER GOLD PRODUCTION FROM PALMER CREEK
Comment (Location): SE/4 SEC 3
Comment (Production): ONE OR TWO FLASKS PRODUCED IN 1966 WITH SMALL ROTARY FURNACE. EARLY DAY PLACER GOLD PRODUCTION FROM PALMER CREEK
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBER (M013860) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P. 90
Reference (Deposit): 5) WILKINSON, W.D., 1940, ADVANCD REPORT ON SOME QUICKSILVER PROSPECTS IN BUTTE FALLS QUADRANGLE, ORE.: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL.
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, BULL. 14-C, V. 2, 200 P.
Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252,TABLE 26, P. 322.
Reference (Deposit): DILLER, J.S. AND KAY, G.F., 1909, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GRANTS PASS QUADRANGLE AND BORDERING DISTRICTS, ORE. CONTRIB. TO ECON. GEOL.: USGS BULL. 380, P. 79
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