Red Cloud Mine

The Red Cloud Mine is a mercury mine located in Douglas county, Oregon at an elevation of 4,301 feet.

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: Red Cloud Mine  

State:  Oregon

County:  Douglas

Elevation: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 42.77861, -122.94472

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Red Cloud Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Red Cloud Mine
Secondary: Mother Lode


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Oregon
County: Douglas
District: Upper Cow Creek


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.
Administrative Organization: Umpqua National Area


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Unknown


Ownership

Owner Name: Mrs. B. E. Hanson
Years: 1963 -


Production

Year: 1963
Time Period: To 1963
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3 Lb/Ton


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1907
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: Faults, Shear Zones


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitized And Carbonatized Clay Gouge


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAYED .4 LB. / TON OF HG


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Geology): FAULT ZONE CONTAINS LIMONITIZED AND CARBONATIZED GOUGE, SHEARED COUNTRY ROCK AND SMALL VEINLETS AND CLOTS OF CALCITE, QUARTZ AND PYRITE.

Comment (Location): NEAR CENTER OF NW/4 SEC 21

Comment (Workings): MOST OF WORKINGS HAVE CAVED

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MAY BE SOME RESERVES

Comment (Commodity): PAINT-THIN COATINGS IN FAULT GOUGE, WITH PYRITE IN CALCITE VEINLETS

Comment (Deposit): AVERAGE WIDTH OF FAULT ZONE IS 4 OR 5 FT


References

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

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000

Reference (Deposit): 5) OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, BULL

Reference (Production): BROOKS

Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 322.


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