The Olive Butte is a gold mine located in Grant county, Oregon at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.74083, -118.46528
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Olive Butte MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Olive Butte
Secondary: Big Elk
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Greenhorn
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT BY 2 SHAFTS OF 40 FEET AND 20 FEET, AND A TUNNEL OF UNKNOWN LENGTHS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE IS BRECCIA OF OXIDIZED (LIMONITIC) COUNTRY ROCK AND MATRIX OF QUARTZ. NO SULFIDES. MINERALIZATION DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE EXTENSIVE. CHERT WAS NOTICED IN THE ARGILLITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P.85
Reference (Deposit): MULLEN, E.D., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAINS, OREGON STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS
Oregon Gold
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