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Red Butte

Past Producer in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodity Antimony
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  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036292
MRDS ID M025052
Record type Site
Current site name Red Butte
Related records 10249675

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.38603, 43.78264 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Drewsey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stinkingwater Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Burns(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Malheur(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 Harney

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 020S 035E 35 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay

Analytical data

Result ODGMI SAMPLE ASSAYED 33.3 % SB
Result NIL AU, AG, PB

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.38603, 43.78264
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT ONE AND ONE HALF TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 30-40% SB IS STOCKPILED.

Comments on the workings information

  • 40 FT VERTICAL SHAFT AND SEVERAL TRENCHES ABOUT ONE AND ONE HALF TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 30-40% SB IS STOCKPILED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF OREGON, 1969, ODGMI BULL. 64, P. 97

  • Deposit

    ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILES, BAKER FIELD OFFICE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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