Poole and Pence Prospects

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

Name: Poole and Pence Prospects  

State:  Oregon

County:  Jackson

Elevation:

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 42.66417, -122.76139

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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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