The Dave Force Mine is a mercury mine located in Jackson county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Dave Force Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dave Force Mine
Secondary: Quicksilver Producers
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Meadows
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal Alteration
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBER (M013813) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H
Comment (Production): A FEW FLASKS PRODUCED FROM SMALL STOPE IN FAULT ZONE IN THE DIABASE DIKE, PRIOR TO 1924
Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR OCCURS AS SEAMS IN SILICA-CARBONATE VEINLETS AND AS FINE DISPERSIONS IN A CHALCEDONIC BRECCIA IN THE SHEAR ZONE
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION CONFINED TO DIABASE DIKE
References
Reference (Production): BROOKS, 1963
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F. G. AND WATERS, A. C., 1934, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 850, P. 51.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P. , P. 76., P. 76.
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