Hobart Butte

Past Producer in Lane county in Oregon, United States with commodities Clay, Arsenic, Antimony
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098458
MRDS ID M055869
Record type Site
Current site name Hobart Butte
Related records 10201748

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.10061, 43.61009 (WGS84)
Elevation 701

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lane(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harness Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cottage Grove(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coast Fork Willamette(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Lane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 022S 003W 31 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON MINE SYMBOL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRESENCE OF CINNABAR UNCERTAIN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Realgar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.10061, 43.61009

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Butte

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Klamath Falls Brick And Tile Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.

  • Deposit

    MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 321.

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G. AND WATERS, A.C., 1934, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: USGS BULL 850, 58 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.