Hope Butte Project

The Hope Butte Project is a mercury and gold mine located in Malheur county, Oregon.

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

Name: Hope Butte Project

State:  Oregon

County:  Malheur

Elevation:

Commodity: Mercury, Gold

Lat, Long: 44.07806, -117.46139

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Hope Butte Project MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Hope Butte Project
Secondary: Hope Butte
Secondary: Riddle
Secondary: Jordan


Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Primary: Gold


Location

State: Oregon
County: Malheur


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Chevron Resources Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1951
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Au-Ag


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Monocline, Small Fractures


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Local Opalitization Of The Host Rocks, Mainly Along Faults


Rocks

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AVERAGE LESS THAN 2 LBS HG/TON.
Analytical Data: 45 SAMPLES AT 5 FT. INTERVALS IN ADIT


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar


Comments

Comment (Workings): INCLUDES 7100 LINEAR FT OF DOZER TRENCHES, 19 WAGONDRILL HOLES (TOTAL 792 FT), AND 3 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES (TOTAL 244 FT).

Comment (Geology): EVIDENCE OF HOT SPRINGS IN AREA

Comment (Location): E/2 SEC 21, LOCATED AT CENTER OF HALF SECTION


References

Reference (Deposit): 1956 DIREXPL DME

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.

Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252


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