Mine detail: Elkhead Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

43.55898, -123.17061

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
Gangue:	Chalcedony, Limonite, Siderite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1870

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1882 , 1887 - 1889 , 1916 - 1919 , 1931 - 1935 , 1957
First production started:	1882
Last production ended:	1971

Geology

Host rock:	Umpqua
Host type:	Tuff
Associated type:	Basalt
Structure:	East Limb Of Ne Trending Red Hill Anticline
Alteration processes:	Host Rocks Are Bleached And Softened, Cut By Chalcedony-Sederite-Limonite Veinlets And Locally Silicified

References

MRDS	M060823
DEP	10042792
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOL AND MIN. IND. BULL. 55, P. 41-43.}{Deposit:: WELLS, F.G., AND WATERS, A.C., 1934, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 850, P. 34-35}{Deposit:: SCHUETTE, C. N., 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 4, P. 145}{Deposit:: ERICKSON, E. G. AND SAMPLE, R. D., 1959, FINAL REPORT, CONTRACT IDM-E1216, MONETA PORCUPINE MINES, LIMITED, ELKHEAD MINE: OFFICE OF MINERALS EXPLORATION UNPUBLISHED REPORT}{Deposit:: 5) BAILEY, E. H}{Deposit:: 1930 GEOLMAP WELLS, F.G. AND WATERS, A.C., USGS BULL. 85}{Reserve-Resource:: ERICKSON AND SAMPLE}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.