The Red Jacket is a silver, mercury, antimony, copper, and gold mine located in Jefferson 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Silver, Mercury, Antimony, Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 44.75056, -120.67250
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Red Jacket MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Jacket
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jefferson
District: Horse Heaven
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mike Dragish, Ben Laughlin, Charles Eppley
Years: 1963 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shearing And Fracturing
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Marcasite
Gangue: Clay
Comments
Comment (Development): PROSPECTED FOR AU, AG, CA. 1900
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON PROSPECT SYMBOLS
Comment (Workings): APPROXIMATELY 1000 FT OF ADITS AND TUNNELS WERE DEVELOPED IN EARLY 1900'S DURING EARLY GOLD PROSPECTING. NO PRODUCTION RECORDED, PROBABLY A FLASK OR TWO
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: CINNABAR PROBABLY SECONDARY AFTER LIVINGSTONITE
Comment (Commodity): SMALL PODS HIGH GRADE BUT TOO WIDELY SPACED TO BE ECONOMICAL
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORDED, PROBABLY A FLASK OR TWO
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
Reference (Deposit): WATERS, A.C. AND OTHERS, 1951, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE HORSE HEAVEN MINING DISTRICT, OREGON; USGS BULL. 969-E, P.128, 143
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