The War Eagle is a mercury mine located in Jackson county, Oregon.
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War Eagle MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: War Eagle
Secondary: Rainier Vein
Secondary: Utah Quicksilver
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Meadows
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Timber Products Co., E.W. Steinbeck
Years: 1963 -
Production
Year: 1954
Time Period: 1916-1954
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^5-18 Lb
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1916
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone Striking N70w And Dipping 75ne To Vertical
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Fault Breccia
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE AVERAGED 1 PCT HG, OR 22 LB HG PER TON
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS AS OF 1934. LAST OPERATED 1954, SOME WORKINGS CAVED
Comment (Location): N EDGE SEC 17, NW/4 NW/4 SEC 16
Comment (Deposit): VEIN AVERAGES 4.5 FT WIDE
Comment (Development): OPERATED BEFORE 1920. ; ECON.COM: 5 TO 18 LB ORE.
Comment (Geology): VEIN CONSISTS OF SILICEOUS BRECCIA; CINNABAR AND MARCASITE FILL FRACTURES IN THE BRECCIA. ; GEOL.DESC: DEV(?) SCHISTS INTRUDED BY MESOZOIC GRANITE AND ULTRA-MAFICS. OVERLAIN BY EOCENE UMPQUA FM. SUBSEQUENTLY CUT BY NORMAL FAULTS
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 55, P. 69
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R. R., 1943, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MEADOWS DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST OREGON: USGS UNPUBLISHED MS.
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F. G. AND WATERS, A. C., 1934, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWEST OREGON: USGS BULL. 850, P. 53
Reference (Deposit): SCHUETTE, C. N., 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 4, P. 113
Reference (Production): BROOKS
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