The Hobart Butte is a mine located in Lane county, Oregon at an elevation of 2,320 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,320 Feet (707 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.6103, -123.09940
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Hobart Butte MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hobart Butte
Commodity
Tertiary: Water, Free
Tertiary: Titanium
Tertiary: Silica
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Clay
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Aluminum
Location
State: Oregon
County: Lane
District: Black Butte District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Minerals Only
Type: Fee Ownership
Type: Private Lease
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Klamath Falls Brick And Tile Co.
Home Office: Oregon
Info Year: 1991
Owner Name: Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.
Percent: 15.00
Home Office: Oregon
Info Year: 1945
Owner Name: W. A. Woodard Land Co.
Percent: 15.00
Home Office: Oregon
Info Year: 1945
Owner Name: Willamina Clay Products Co.
Percent: 13.00
Home Office: Oregon
Info Year: 1945
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1934
Discovery Year: 1930
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Oregon Coast Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Kaolinite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE MINIMUM DEPTH TO THE MINERALIZED ZONE IS MEASURED F TOP OF THE UPPER CLAY BED. THE ORE TO OVERBURDEN RATIO IS A 1.4 TO 1. MATRIX GRADES AND TONNAGES ARE BASED ON WET TONNES. IN DATA WAS ENTERED BY HUSTEAD OF GEORGIA TECH., AND REVISED BY MCMAHAN IN 1975. THERE ARE THREE SETS OF COSTS; ORIGINAL 1975 COSTS, COSTS UPDATED FROM 1975 TO 1979, AND COMPLETELY RECOSTED 1979 COSTS.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MATRIX TONNAGE AND GRADE FIGURES WERE DERIVED IN HOUSE IN 1975 IN CONJUNCTION WITH HUSTEAD OF GEORGIA TECH.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, TABLE 26, P. 321.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 55, 1963, P. 40.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 850, 1934, P. 34.
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