Red Butte

Prospect in Malheur county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10250390
MAS/MILS ID 0410450124
Record type Site
Current site name Red Butte

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -117.4302, 43.35817 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Diamond Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mahogany Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(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 Malheur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 025 S 043 E 26 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -117.4302, 43.35817

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Chevron
    Year 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON GEOLOGY, 1990, V. 52, NO. 2, P. 38, 41.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1991 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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