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Elkhead Mine

Past Producer in Douglas county in Oregon, United States with commodity Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10249556
MRDS ID M060823
MAS/MILS ID 0410190020
Record type Site
Current site name Elkhead Mine
Related records 10042792

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -123.17037, 43.55871 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scotts Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cottage Grove(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Umpqua(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023 S 004 W 21 NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chalcedony Unknown
Cinnabar Unknown
Limonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -123.17037, 43.55871
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65E
    Dip 70E
    Thickness 45M
    Length 168M
    Width 27M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N65E:70E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 5HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1887

Mining district

District name Elkhead

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Alcona Mining Co.
    Interest 99
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-AUG-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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