The Elkhead Mine is a mercury mine located in Douglas county, Oregon at an elevation of 899 feet.
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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
Elevation: 899 Feet (274 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 43.55917, -123.16944
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Elkhead Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elkhead Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Douglas
District: Elkhead-Black Butte
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Alcona Mining Co.
Owner Name: Holly, William J. (Alcona Mining Co.)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1882
Year Last Production: 1971
Discovery Year: 1870
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Oregon Coast Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: East Limb Of Ne Trending Red Hill Anticline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Host Rocks Are Bleached And Softened, Cut By Chalcedony-Sederite-Limonite Veinlets And Locally Silicified
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE GENERALLY LOW GRADE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 5 POUNDS MERCURY PER TON
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Metacinnabar
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Production): MINE YIELDED $30,000 WORTH OF ORE BEFORE 1903; 50 FLASKS PRODUCED IN 1887. SOME UNRECORDED PRODUCTION IN 1919; 16 FLASKS PRODUCED IN 1934-1935; 5 FLASKS IN 1957 AND 464 IN 1965-1971. TOTAL RECORDED PRODUCTION IS 551 FLASKS
Comment (Geology): ASSOCIATED TERTIARY GABBRO-NORITE DIKES AND SILLS.
Comment (Deposit): RECORD ( M055180 ) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE.
Comment (Deposit): SPARINGLY AND IRREGULAR DISSEMINATED CINNABAR
Comment (Workings): MOST OF THE OUTPUT WAS FROM LOW GRADE ORE MINED BY OPEN PIT. YIELDED $30,000 WORTH OF ORE BEFORE 1903; 50 FL IN 1887. SOME OUTPUT IN 1919; 16 FL IN 1934-1935; 5 FL IN 1957; AND 464 FL IN 1965-1971. TOTAL OUTPUT RECORDED WAS 551 FL.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOL AND MIN. IND. BULL. 55, P. 41-43.
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G., AND WATERS, A.C., 1934, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 850, P. 34-35
Reference (Deposit): SCHUETTE, C. N., 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 4, P. 145
Reference (Deposit): ERICKSON, E. G. AND SAMPLE, R. D., 1959, FINAL REPORT, CONTRACT IDM-E1216, MONETA PORCUPINE MINES, LIMITED, ELKHEAD MINE: OFFICE OF MINERALS EXPLORATION UNPUBLISHED REPORT
Reference (Deposit): 5) BAILEY, E. H
Reference (Deposit): 1930 GEOLMAP WELLS, F.G. AND WATERS, A.C., USGS BULL. 85
Reference (Production): BROOKS
Reference (Reserve-Resource): ERICKSON AND SAMPLE
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