Axehandle Mine

The Axehandle Mine is a mercury, arsenic, antimony, sulfur, and gold mine located in Jefferson county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,799 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

Name: Axehandle Mine  

State:  Oregon

County:  Jefferson

Elevation: 3,799 Feet (1,158 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury, Arsenic, Antimony, Sulfur, Gold

Lat, Long: 44.74639, -120.65083

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Axehandle Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Axehandle Mine


Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Sulfur
Primary: Gold


Location

State: Oregon
County: Jefferson
District: Horse Heaven Mining District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Unknown


Ownership

Owner Name: Bond Gold Exploration, Inc

Owner Name: International Engineering And Mining Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1936
Discovery Year: 1935
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Physiographic Detail: Ochoco Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Normal Faults N 30 Deg E, Dip. 60 Deg Se. Cut The Mineralized Shear Zone.


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Porphyritic Andesite Altered To Clay At Contact With Augite Andesite Plug.


Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Antimony
Ore: Realgar
Ore: Orpiment
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Sulfur
Ore: Calomel
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Jarosite


Comments

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ANDESITIC PYROCLASTICS UNCONFORMABLY OVERLAIN BY YOUNGER ANDESITE AND RHYOLITE FLOWS AND TUFFS. VOLCANIC PLUGS.

Comment (Commodity): APPARENTLY EARLY PROSPECTORS FOUND SOME AU AND AG IN MINE AREA

Comment (Deposit): RECORD ( M055196 ) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE.

Comment (Production): ROCK THAT CONTAINED LESS THAN 10 LBS HG/TON WAS CONSIDERED UNECONOMIC TO MINE MINE MAY HAVE SHIPPED 6000 FL HG TO HORSE HEAVEN MINE. LAST OPERATED IN 1943 .

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: 2 TO 4 LBS. ORE.

Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY TWO INCLINED SHAFTS AND AN ADIT.ROCK THAT CONTAINED LESS THAN 10 LBS HG/TON WAS CONSIDERED UNECONOMIC TO MINE MINE MAY HAVE SHIPPED 6000 FL HG TO HORSE HEAVEN MINE. LAST OPERATED IN 1943 .


References

Reference (Deposit): WATERS, A.C., BROWN, R.E., COMPTON, R.R., STAPLES, L.W., WALKER, G.W., AND WILLIAMS, HOWELL, 1951, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE HORSE HEAVEN MINING DISTRICT OREGON: USGS BULL. 969-E, P. 142-1

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND. BULL. 55, P. 124

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): 1943 GEOLMAP R.E. BROWN AND G.W. WALKER, BULL. 969-

Reference (Production): BROOKS, H.C., 1963, P. & BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES


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