Roxana

The Roxana is a mercury 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: Roxana  

State:  Oregon

County:  Jackson

Elevation:

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 42.64972, -122.96333

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Roxana MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Roxana
Secondary: Hill Top Mercury


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Meadows


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Paul Matson
Years: 1963 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1919
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: Fractures Strike N20-50w; Dip Steeply E Or W


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Locally The Broken Rocks Are Kaolinized And/Or Silicified


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Marcasite


Comments

Comment (Location): E/2 SEC 5

Comment (Workings): MANY HAND-DUG TRENCHES, 4 SHORT ADITS, 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS

Comment (Geology): HOST ROCKS ARE SCHISTOSE GREENSTONE (ANDESITE AND BASALT LAVAS AND TUFF; MINOR RHYOLITE); MINOR MICA SCHIST AND GNEISS. CHALCEDONY VEINLETS AND LENSES UP TO 2 FT THICK.


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): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943: ODGMI BULL. 14-C VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P. 105

Reference (Deposit): SCHUETTE, C. N., 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 4, P. 121

Reference (Production): BROOKS


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