The Steamboat Cinnabar is a mercury 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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Steamboat Cinnabar MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Steamboat Cinnabar
Secondary: Curl
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Upper Applegate
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: E. W. Kubli
Years: 1960 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1914
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: Local Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Mercury
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): NW, NE
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES 350 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORK IN 4 ADITS AND A LARGE OPENCUT
Comment (Workings): SURFACE EXCAVATION WAS 25 FT DEEP. UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ARE BURRIED BY RUBBLE FROM SURFACE WORKINGS NO RECORDED PRODUCTION, POSSIBLY A FEW FLASKS
Comment (Production): NO RECORDED PRODUCTION, POSSIBLY A FEW FLASKS
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000
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