The Brick Pile Prospect is a mercury mine located in Jackson county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Brick Pile Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brick Pile Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Upper Applegate
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Timber Products Co.
Years: 1963 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1868
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NO. M013847 MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H
Comment (Production): NO RECORDED PRODUCTION, PROBABLY A FEW FL PRODUCED
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE IS IN SILICIFIED PORTIONS OF THE COUNTRY ROCKS. NUMEROUS QUARTZ STRINGER CUT THE ROCK.
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS AND SEVERAL TRENCHES. ABOUT 600 FT. OF OLD WORKINGS WAS CLEANED OUT IN 1941. NO RECORDED PRODUCTION, PROBABLY A FEW FL PRODUCED
Comment (Geology): HR.AGE.MV: AMPHIBOLIT
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, TABLE 26 P. 319.
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P. 155
Reference (Deposit): SCHUETTE, C. N., 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 4, P. 127
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