| Deposit ID | 10036519 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M025380 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Polaris |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.94274, 43.53291 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 50 MILES WEST OF BURNS; 3 MILES SOUTH OF HIWAY 20 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lake(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hat Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Burns(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Burns(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Beaver-South Fork(hydrologic unit)
Deschutes(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)
Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 023S | 023E | 34 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock |
| (1) | -119.94274, 43.53291 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nw Trending Faults |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NW |
| Dip | STEEP NE |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1933 |
| Discoverer | P.L. Forbes |
| Year of first production | 1956 |
| Year of last production | 1970 |
| District name | Glass Buttes |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Asa Goddard |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 304.8M |
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M025380 |
BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 55, P. 172-174
ROSS, C.P., 1941, SOME QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN ADJACENT PARTS OF NEVADA, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: USGS BULL. 931-B, P. 33-35
REED, G.C., 1946, EXPLORATION OF GLASS BUTTES MERCURY DEPOSIT, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON: USBM REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 3926
BROOKS, H.C., 1968, GLASS BUTTES MERCURY: ODGMI UNPUBLISHED REPORT
BROOKS, 1968
BROOKS, H.C., ODGMI UNPUBLISHED REPORT
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1981 | Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries |
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