Ryan Group

Producer in Lake county in Oregon, United States with commodity Mercury
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. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109500
MRDS ID M025381
Record type Site
Current site name Ryan Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.95163, 43.53706 (WGS84)
Relative position 50 MILES WEST OF BURNS; 3 MILES SOUTH OF HIWAY 20

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
023S 023E 34 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Opalization Of Host Rocks

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.95163, 43.53706

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Zones In Opalite

Comments on the geologic information

  • OPALITE DERIVED FROM GLASSY SILICIC LAVA AND TUFF.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1933
Discoverer P.L. Forbes
Year of first production 1967
Year of last production 1968

Mining district

District name Glass Buttes

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jackson Mountain Mining Co.
    First year 1968
  • Type Owner
    Owner Vern Ryan

Production statistics

  • Year 1968
    Period 1967-1968
    Material HG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Ore Averaged 0.6 Lb. Hg/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Mercury Mercury 304g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • MILL CUTOFF GRADE WAS 0.5 LB HG/TON

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SMALL OPEN PIT AREAS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., 1968, GLASS BUTTES MERCURY: ODGMI UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 55, P. 172-174

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.P., 1941, SOME QUICKSILVER PROSPECTS IN ADJACENT PARTS OF NEVADA, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: USGS BULL. 931-B, P. 33-35

  • Production

    COMPANY RECORDS VIA H.C. BROOKS, ODGMI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 SMALL OREBODIES ABOUT 1/4 MILE APART

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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