The Mountain King 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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Mountain King MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mountain King
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
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: Elizabeth Whipple And Charles H. And Josephine H. Ba
Production
Year: 1963
Time Period: Pre 1963
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1943
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
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification On Edges Of Pegmatites
Rocks
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Mercury
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): NE/4 SE/4 SEC 36
Comment (Reserve-Resource): VERY SMALL RESERVES
Comment (Workings): MOST WORKINGS NOW CAVED AT PORTALS
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NO. M013780 MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H
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, TABLE 26, P. 322.
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943: ODGMI BULL. 14-C V. 2, SEC. 2, P. 94
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R., 1943, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MEADOWS DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST OREGON; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT
Reference (Production): BROOKS
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