The Barnes Butte is a mercury mine located in Crook county, Oregon.
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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
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Barnes Butte MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Barnes Butte
Secondary: Prineville Quicksilver
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Crook
District: Ochoco Creek
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. Mckenzie, R. Cunningham, H. Chapin
Production
Year: 1963
Time Period: To 1963
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^17-30 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1940
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Small Fractures , Major Fault Trending N70e
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal Alteration , Silicification Of Rhyolite
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Opal
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SOME ORE SORTED FROM OPALITE BOULDERS
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN A SADDLE ON BARNES BUTTE, APPROXIMATELY ONE AND A HALF MILES NORTHEAST OF PRINEVILLE
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MAY BE SMALL RESERVES
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000
Reference (Production): BROOKS
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