| Deposit ID | 10040288 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M054994 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Glass Buttes |
| Alternate or previous names | Polaris, Ryan |
| Related records | 10153016 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.94413, 43.53317 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 50 MI W OF BURNS AND 3 MI S OF HIWAY 26 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 023S | 023E | 34 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff |
| (1) | -119.94413, 43.53317 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Opalized Zones Are Along Nw Trending Faults |
| Development status | Past 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 | 1968 |
| Production years | 1956 - 1958, 1961 |
| District name | Glass Buttes |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Jackson Mountain Mining Co. |
| First year | 1968 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Galactic Services, Inc. |
| Year | 1968 |
|---|---|
| Period | 1956-1968 |
| Material | HG |
| Accuracy | Accurate |
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Recovered From 61000 Tons Of Ore |
| 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 | M054994 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410370006 |
BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252
BROOKS, H. C., 1968, GLASS BUTTES MERCURY: ODGMI UNPUBLISHED REPORT
REED, G.C., 1946, EXPLORATION OF GLASS BUTTES MERCURY DEPOSIT, LAKE COUNTY, ORE.: USBM RI 3926
5) ROSS, C.P., 1941, SOME QUICKSILVER PROSPECTS IN ADJACENT PARTS OF NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, AN
USBM AND COMPANY RECORDS VIA BROOKS, 1968
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1976 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1981 | Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1993 | Gray, Jerry J. | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries |
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