Mine detail: Axehandle Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.74622, -120.65195

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mercury, Arsenic, Antimony, Sulfur, Gold
Ore:	Antimony, Calomel, Marcasite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite, Sulfur
Gangue:	Gypsum, Jarosite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1935

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1936

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated rock:	Porphyritic Andesite;Augite Andesite Plug
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Normal Faults N 30 Deg E, Dip. 60 Deg Se. Cut The Mineralized Shear Zone.
Alteration processes:	Porphyritic Andesite Altered To Clay At Contact With Augite Andesite Plug.

References

MRDS	M060846
DEP	10042808
Reference	{Deposit:: WATERS, A.C., BROWN, R.E., COMPTON, R.R., STAPLES, L.W., WALKER, G.W., AND WILLIAMS, HOWELL, 1951, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE HORSE HEAVEN MINING DISTRICT OREGON: USGS BULL. 969-E, P. 142-1}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND. BULL. 55, P. 124}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: 1943 GEOLMAP R.E. BROWN AND G.W. WALKER, BULL. 969-}{Production:: BROOKS, H.C., 1963, P. & BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.