Oregon · Josephine County
Occurrence

Elkhorn Creek Manganese

Josephine County, Oregon, United States
ManganeseMercury
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Commodities
PrimaryManganese, Mercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formPODS
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Rhodonite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Gneiss · Briggs Creek Amphibolite;Briggs Creek Amphibolite
StructureBanded Quartzite Is Intensely Folded
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10095494
MRDS IDM055929
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates42.44593, -123.71005
References
APPLING, R.N., JR., 1958, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USBM RI 5369MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252RAMP, L AND PETERSON, N V, 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL 100, TABLE 1 NO 181