Mine detail: Elkhorn Creek Manganese

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.44593, -123.71005

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese, Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Rhodonite
Orebody form:	PODS

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Briggs Creek Amphibolite;Briggs Creek Amphibolite
Host type:	Quartzite,Gneiss
Structure:	Banded Quartzite Is Intensely Folded

References

MRDS	M055929
DEP	10095494
Reference	{Deposit:: APPLING, R.N., JR., 1958, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USBM RI 5369}{Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: RAMP, L AND PETERSON, N V, 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL 100, TABLE 1 NO 181}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.