Blue Jay Prospect

The Blue Jay Prospect is a antimony mine located in Jackson county, Oregon.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Blue Jay Prospect  

State:  Oregon

County:  Jackson

Elevation:

Commodity: Antimony

Lat, Long: 42.09306, -123.14750

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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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