The Glass Buttes Mine is a mercury mine located in Lake county, Oregon at an elevation of 4,600 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: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 43.5333, -119.94310
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Glass Buttes Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Glass Buttes Mine
Secondary: Polaris
Secondary: Miller and Hobson Mercury
Secondary: Ryan
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Lake
District: Glass Buttes
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: E. Suratt And D. Turnidee
Home Office: Oregon
Owner Name: Goddard, Asa
Home Office: Oregon
Owner Name: Vern Ryan
Home Office: Oregon
Info Year: 1979
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1933
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Harney Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Cinnabar
Unknown: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE IS IN OPALITE DERIVED FROM SILICIFICATION OF TUFF AND VOLCANIC GLASS.
References
Reference (Deposit): P. 173-174.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 55, 1963,
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 3926, 1946, 4 P.
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