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Black Butte Mine

Past Producer in Lane county in Oregon, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040417
MRDS ID M055188
MAS/MILS ID 0410390015
Record type Site
Current site name Black Butte Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.0631, 43.57398 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 17 MILES SOUTH OF COTTAGE GROVE. Adit labeled on Harness Mountain 24k topo.

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Lane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023S 003W 16 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW/4 SEC 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Mercury Ore
Metacinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Widespread Clay, Carbonate And Silica Alteration And Impregnation Of Host Rocks; Supergene Limonite

Analytical data

Result RECOVERY AVERAGED 3.5 LBS HG/TON OF ORE, 1900-1968.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Calapooya Formation;Calapooya Formation
    Rock description Calapooya Formation;Calapooya Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Fisher;Fisher;Fisher
    Rock description Fisher;Fisher;Fisher

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.0631, 43.57398
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Black Butte Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 W
    Dip 58 NE
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 487.68M
    Width 304.8M
    Depth to bottom 396.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Broad Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ANDESITIC LAVA AND TUFF OF TERT. CALPOOYA FM CUT BY MAJOR LOCAL FAULT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1890
Discoverer S. P. Garoutte
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1968
Production years 1897-1908 , 1916-1916 , 1927-1942 , 1951 , 1956-1957\nor\n(1900-1901, 1905, 1908-1909, 1916-1919, 1927-1943, 1951, 1956-1957, 1964-1968)?

Comments on exploration

  • 1956 DIREXPL DMEA, FURNACED ORE FROM 2 LEVEL

Mining district

District name Black Butte

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Black Butte Mining Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cone Lumber Co.
    First year 1978

Production statistics

  • Year 1968
    Period 1897-1968
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3.5 Lbs Hg/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 1581g/mt
  • Year 1968
    Period 1900-1968
    Material HG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^5 - 6 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 2485g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTIVE YEARS WERE 1900-1901, 1905, 1908-1909, 1916-1919, 1927-1943, 1951, 1956-1957, 1964-1968.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1 IS APPROX 3000 FL., MAY BE DOWNWARD AND LATERAL EXTENSIONS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 5352.29M
    Overall depth 373.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • PRODUCTIVE YEARS WERE 1900-1901, 1905, 1908-1909, 1916-1919, 1927-1943, 1951, 1956-1957, 1964-1968.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WATERS, A. C., 1945, THE BLACK BUTTE QUICKSILVER MINE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON: USGS STRATEGIC MINERALS REPORT, OPEN FILE

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • 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. 319.

  • Deposit

    SCHUETTE, C. N., 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 4, P. 138-145

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME ORE POCKETS ARE 40 FT BY SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. LONG. ORE OCCURS IN SILICA SIDERITE VEINS. INDIVIDUAL VEINLETS GEN. LESS THAN 1 INCH THICK
Deposit RECORD (W017069) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE.
Deposit Copied from deleted record 10225278 (MAS 0410390015):
Orebody Info:
Length: 497 M Width: 227 M Depth to Top: 0 M Thickness: 5 M
Strike: N70W Dip: 60E
MAS Matrix # : 1
MAS Column # : 1
Type of Orebody #1 : SHEAR ZONE
Shape of Orebody #1 : TABULAR
Type of Orebody #2 : BRECCIA FILL
Type of Orebody #3 : DISSEMINATED
Primary mode of Origin : HYDROTHERMAL
Primary Ore Control : FRACTURING
Secondary Ore Control : FRACTURING
Degree of Wallrock Alter. : INTENSE
Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 : OTHER
Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 : SILICIFICATION
Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 : CARBONITIZATION
Strike And Dip : N70W:60E
Minimum Depth to Top : 0
Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. : 0
Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. : 0
Date of Last Modification : 830316

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-73 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-81 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-93 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Reporter 24-AUG-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0410390015 = newMRDS 10225278.
Editor 15-NOV-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0410390015 = newMRDS 10225278, merged and deleted.

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