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Axehandle Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Mercury, Arsenic, Antimony, Sulfur, Gold
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042808
MRDS ID M060846
Record type Site
Current site name Axehandle Mine
Related records 10128267

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.65195, 44.74622 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position 4 1/4 MILES ENE OF ASHWOOD, OREGON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Axehandle Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stephenson Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bend(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009S 017E 35 W Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Sulfur Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • APPARENTLY EARLY PROSPECTORS FOUND SOME AU AND AG IN MINE AREA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antimony Ore
Calomel Ore
Marcasite Ore
Orpiment Ore
Pyrite Ore
Realgar Ore
Stibnite Ore
Sulfur Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Jarosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Porphyritic Andesite Altered To Clay At Contact With Augite Andesite Plug.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Porphyritic Andesite;Augite Andesite Plug
    Rock description Porphyritic Andesite;Augite Andesite Plug
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.65195, 44.74622
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Faults N 30 Deg E, Dip. 60 Deg Se. Cut The Mineralized Shear Zone.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 85 W
    Dip 45 DEG S
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 3.66M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 24.38M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hydrothermally Altered Contacts, Shear Zones.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ANDESITIC PYROCLASTICS UNCONFORMABLY OVERLAIN BY YOUNGER ANDESITE AND RHYOLITE FLOWS AND TUFFS. VOLCANIC PLUGS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1935
Discoverer L.C. Swanson And Charles Swanson
Year of first production 1936

Mining district

District name Horse Heaven Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner International Engineering And Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bond Gold Exploration, Inc

Comments on the production information

  • 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 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 182.88M
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • 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 .

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 2 TO 4 LBS. ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    1943 GEOLMAP R.E. BROWN AND G.W. WALKER, BULL. 969-

  • Production

    BROOKS, H.C., 1963, P. & BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD ( M055196 ) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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