Horse Creek Prospect

The Horse Creek Prospect is a mercury mine located in Siskiyou county, California.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Horse Creek Prospect  

State:  California

County:  Siskiyou

Elevation:

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 41.82194, -123.00306

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Horse Creek Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Horse Creek Prospect
Secondary: Minnehaha and Barsten Lange
Secondary: Barton - Lange


Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Gold


Location

State: California
County: Siskiyou
District: Klamath River District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1878
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Silica-carbonate Hg


Orebody

Form: FRACTURE FILLING (HG), NUGGETS (AU)


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Cinnabar


Comments

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PLACER AND LODE

Comment (Development): ENOUGH MATERIAL WAS MINED TO PRODUCE ABOUT 4 FLASKS, BUT IT WAS NEVER PRODUCED

Comment (Deposit): REMOTE POSSIBILITIES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Workings): SHORT TRENCHES AND ADITS - INACCESSIBLE


References

Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 78, P. 169.

Reference (Deposit): O'BRIEN, J.C., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, NO. 4, P. 460.

Reference (Deposit): MURDOCK, JOSEPH, AND WEBB, R.W., 1966, MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA, CENTENNIAL VOLUME (1866-1966): CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 189, P. 150.

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 171, 198.


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