The Poole and Pence Prospects is a mercury mine located in Jackson county, Oregon.
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
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Poole and Pence Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Poole and Pence Prospects
Secondary: Rogers
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Trail
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: G. R. Moore
Years: 1963 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Vein Walls Are Argillized And Cut By Limonite And Clay Filled Fractures
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): S. CENTRAL PART SEC 25, NE/4 SEC 36
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORDED, A FEW HUNDRED POUNDS RETORTED
Comment (Workings): LITTLE WORK DONE SINCE THE 1940'S NO PRODUCTION RECORDED, A FEW HUNDRED POUNDS RETORTED
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBER (M013820) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H
Comment (Deposit): DUPLICATE M013819 HAS BEEN DELETED.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G. AND WATERS, A.C., 1934, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 850, 58 P.
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