Mine detail: Stanley and Brown Prospect

Previously called 'Brownsboro Clay & Quicksilver'

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Location: Jackson County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.45816, -122.6703
dep_id: 10040950
mrds_id: M055845
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Minor mineral: Clay
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Chalcedony, Kaolinite
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Kaolinized Volcanics
ore_ctrl: Fault Zone Marked By Resistant Crags Of Kaolinized And Weakly Silicified Volcanic Rocks Cut By Chalcedony Veinlets
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: Little Butte Volcanic Series
hrock_type: Andesite
Structure: Shear Zone Striking N45-55w
disc_yr: 1902
discr: W. M. Stanley, J. Rogers
References:
  • Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
  • Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252
  • Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, BULL. 14-C, V. 2, 200 P.
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R.R., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE TILLER, TRAIL, AND BROWNSBORO AREAS AND OF THE PHILLIPS MINE; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT
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