War Eagle

The War Eagle 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

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Site Name

Primary: War Eagle
Secondary: Rainier Vein
Secondary: Utah Quicksilver

Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Arsenic

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: Timber Products Co., E.W. Steinbeck
Years: 1963 -

Production

Year: 1954
Time Period: 1916-1954
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^5-18 Lb

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1916
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fault Zone Striking N70w And Dipping 75ne To Vertical

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Fault Breccia

Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE AVERAGED 1 PCT HG, OR 22 LB HG PER TON

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Chalcedony

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS AS OF 1934. LAST OPERATED 1954, SOME WORKINGS CAVED

Comment (Location): N EDGE SEC 17, NW/4 NW/4 SEC 16

Comment (Deposit): VEIN AVERAGES 4.5 FT WIDE

Comment (Development): OPERATED BEFORE 1920. ; ECON.COM: 5 TO 18 LB ORE.

Comment (Geology): VEIN CONSISTS OF SILICEOUS BRECCIA; CINNABAR AND MARCASITE FILL FRACTURES IN THE BRECCIA. ; GEOL.DESC: DEV(?) SCHISTS INTRUDED BY MESOZOIC GRANITE AND ULTRA-MAFICS. OVERLAIN BY EOCENE UMPQUA FM. SUBSEQUENTLY CUT BY NORMAL FAULTS

References

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 55, P. 69

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R. R., 1943, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MEADOWS DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST OREGON: USGS UNPUBLISHED MS.

Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F. G. AND WATERS, A. C., 1934, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWEST OREGON: USGS BULL. 850, P. 53

Reference (Deposit): SCHUETTE, C. N., 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 4, P. 113

Reference (Production): BROOKS

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