Mine detail: Axehandle Mine

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Location: Jefferson County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.74622, -120.65195
dep_id: 10042808
mrds_id: M060846
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mercury, Arsenic, Antimony, Sulfur, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Antimony, Calomel, Marcasite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite, Sulfur
gangue: Gypsum, Jarosite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Unknown
alteration: Porphyritic Andesite Altered To Clay At Contact With Augite Andesite Plug.
ore_ctrl: Hydrothermally Altered Contacts, Shear Zones.
Reporter: Puffett, Willard P., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_unit: Porphyritic Andesite;Augite Andesite Plug
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Normal Faults N 30 Deg E, Dip. 60 Deg Se. Cut The Mineralized Shear Zone.
Year first produced: 1936
disc_yr: 1935
discr: L.C. Swanson And Charles Swanson
References:
  • 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
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