The Red Cloud Mine is a mercury mine located in Douglas county, Oregon at an elevation of 4,301 feet.
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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
Elevation: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 42.77861, -122.94472
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Red Cloud Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Cloud Mine
Secondary: Mother Lode
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Douglas
District: Upper Cow Creek
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.
Administrative Organization: Umpqua National Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Mrs. B. E. Hanson
Years: 1963 -
Production
Year: 1963
Time Period: To 1963
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1907
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, Shear Zones
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitized And Carbonatized Clay Gouge
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYED .4 LB. / TON OF HG
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): FAULT ZONE CONTAINS LIMONITIZED AND CARBONATIZED GOUGE, SHEARED COUNTRY ROCK AND SMALL VEINLETS AND CLOTS OF CALCITE, QUARTZ AND PYRITE.
Comment (Location): NEAR CENTER OF NW/4 SEC 21
Comment (Workings): MOST OF WORKINGS HAVE CAVED
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MAY BE SOME RESERVES
Comment (Commodity): PAINT-THIN COATINGS IN FAULT GOUGE, WITH PYRITE IN CALCITE VEINLETS
Comment (Deposit): AVERAGE WIDTH OF FAULT ZONE IS 4 OR 5 FT
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON, OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
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
Reference (Deposit): 5) OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, BULL
Reference (Production): BROOKS
Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 322.
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