The Blue Jay Prospect is a antimony 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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Blue Jay Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Jay Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
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: John H. Racicot, Jacksonville Oregon
Years: 1973 -
Production
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1939-1944
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^47+ % Sb, 45+ Sb
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTILS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Kermesite
Comments
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 NW 1/4
Comment (Production): ODGMI BULL. 64
Comment (Workings): 300 FEET OF TUNNEL ON TWO LEVELS ODGMI BULL. 64
Comment (Geology): STIBNITE ALSO OCCURS DISSEMINATED IN THE WALL ROCK.
Comment (Deposit): DUPLICATE D001988 HAS BEEN DELETED.
Comment (Commodity): ASSOCIATED WITH BLUE QUARTZ
References
Reference (Deposit): MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF OREGON, 1969, ODGMI BULL. 64, P.93
Reference (Deposit): WAGNER, N.S., 1944, ANTIMONY IN OREGON; ODGMI GMI SHORT PAPER NO. 13, P.11
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.154
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