Ash Prospect

The Ash Prospect is a mercury mine located in Jackson county, Oregon at an elevation of 2,175 feet.

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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Site Name

Primary: Ash Prospect
Secondary: Misery Mine
Secondary: Fisher

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Trail

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: E. C. Tams, John Carter
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: Silicification Of Rhyolite

Rocks

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Production): A FEW TONS RETORTED BUT NO PRODUCTION RECORDED

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE 3 ADITS AGGREGATING 335 FT. AND A 35 FT. SHAFT. A FEW TONS RETORTED BUT NO PRODUCTION RECORDED

Comment (Location): NW/4 SEC 1

Comment (Commodity): SEEN ON SLICKENSIDED FAULT PLANES

Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBER (M013821) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H

References

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, H., AND COMPTON, R.R., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE TILLER, TRAIL, AND BROWNSBORO AREAS AND OF THE PHILLIPS MINE, NEAR ASHLAND; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

Reference (Production): BROOKS

Reference (Deposit): OREGON MINES & MINERALS HANDBOOK, 1943, V. 14C, V. 2, SEC 1

Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G. AND WATERS, A.C., 1934, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 850, 58 P.

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.

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