Mine detail: Ash Prospect

Previously called 'FisherMisery Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.64872, -122.7742

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony, Kaolinite, Limonite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Little Butte Volcanics
Host type:Rhyolite
Associated type:Basalt
Alteration processes:Silicification Of Rhyolite

References

MRDSM055833
DEP10040938
Reference{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.}{Deposit:: OREGON MINES & MINERALS HANDBOOK, 1943, V. 14C, V. 2, SEC 1}{Deposit:: WELLS, F.G. AND WATERS, A.C., 1934, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 850, 58 P.}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, H., AND COMPTON, R.R., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE TILLER, TRAIL, AND BROWNSBORO AREAS AND OF THE PHILLIPS MINE, NEAR ASHLAND; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.