Mine detail: Elkhead Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 43.55871, -123.17037

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Other material: Calcite, Chalcedony, Cinnabar, Limonite
Discovery year: 1870

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1887

Geology

References

MRDSM060823
MAS410190020
DEP10249556
Reference{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 850, 1934, P. 34-35.}{Deposit:: OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 55, 1963, P. 41-43}
ReporterWestern Field Operations Center (WFOC)