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