Mine detail: Mocks Gulch Prospect

Previously called 'Max Gulch'

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Location: Jackson County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.09289, -123.20058
dep_id: 10040954
mrds_id: M055849
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Minor mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar, Scheelite
alteration: Deeply Weathered Metavolcanics
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: Applegate Group
hrock_type: Metavolcanic Rock
disc_yr: 1917
References:
  • Deposit:: WOLFE, H. D. AND WHITE, D. J., 1951, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON TUNGSTEN IN OREGON: ODGMI GMI SHORT PAPER 22, P. 18
  • Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P. 89
  • Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 321.
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