Forty - Nine Diggings

The Forty - Nine Diggings is a gold and 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

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Site Name

Primary: Forty - Nine Diggings

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Ashland

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Phillips (Estate)
Years: 1963 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Production): NO MERCURY PRODUCED

Comment (Deposit): THE ALLUVIUM AND CONGLOMERATE BOTH CONTAIN GOLD. CINNABAR OCCURS IN CALCITE-CHALCEDONY VEINLETS IN THE BEDROCK OF THE FORTY NINE DIGGINGS ABOUT 4 MILES NW OF ASHLAND

Comment (Workings): PLACER WORKINGS EXTEND ABOUT 20 FT INTO THE CONGLOMERATE BEDROCK NO MERCURY PRODUCED

Comment (Deposit): FOSSILS IN CRET REPORTED AT THIS MINE

References

Reference (Deposit): WINCHELL, A N, 1914, PETROLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON BUR MINES AND GEOL, MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, VOL 1 NO 5, P 111-114 AND 124

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P 82, P 82

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METALS MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2., P.32.

Reference (Deposit): DILLER, J S, 1914, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL 546, P 90-93.

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