| Deposit ID | 10153016 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M054994 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0410370006 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Glass Buttes Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Polaris, Miller and Hobson Mercury, Ryan |
| Related records | 10040288 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.94417, 43.53314 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1402 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
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 | 023 S | 023 E | 34 | NE | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcedony | Unknown |
| Cinnabar | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -119.94417, 43.53314 |
|---|
| Thickness | 9M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 750M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 600M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 50HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1933 |
| Year of first production | 1956 |
| District name | Glass Buttes |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Vern Ryan |
| Home office | Oregon |
| Year | 1979 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Goddard, Asa |
| Home office | Oregon |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | E. Suratt And D. Turnidee |
| Home office | Oregon |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410370006 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M054994 | MAS references MRDS |
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 3926, 1946, 4 P.
OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 55, 1963,
P. 173-174.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE IS IN OPALITE DERIVED FROM SILICIFICATION OF TUFF AND VOLCANIC GLASS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-AUG-92 | Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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