The Hope Butte Project is a mercury and gold mine located in Malheur 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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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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