Axehandle Mine

Producer in Jefferson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Antimony, Arsenic, Gold, Mercury
Sections on this page
  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 10128267
MRDS ID M060846
MAS/MILS ID 0410310002
Record type Site
Current site name Axehandle Mine
Alternate or previous names Axhandle Butte Mine
Related records 10042808

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.65942, 44.74623 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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)

Trout(hydrologic unit)

Deschutes(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 009 S 017 E 35 NW Oregon

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Unknown
Gypsum Unknown
Marcasite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.65942, 44.74623

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N85E
    Dip 45S
    Thickness 2M
    Length 75M
    Width 40M
    Depth to top 20M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    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 N85E:45S
    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 Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1936
Year of first production 1937

Mining district

District name Horse Heaven Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Bond Gold Exploration, Inc.
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-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.

External references