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Red Butte Prospect

Prospect in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Lead, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10249675
MRDS ID M025052
MAS/MILS ID 0410250055
Record type Site
Current site name Red Butte Prospect
Alternate or previous names Drewsey Area
Related records 10036292

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.38603, 43.78266 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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 020 S 035 E 35 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.38603, 43.78266
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on exploration

  • EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION PROGRAMS BY CYPRUS GOLD EXPLORATION CO., BATTLE MOUNTAIN GOLD CORP., RESERVE INDUSTRIES, CORONA GOLD CORP., AND OTHERS, WERE DONE IN THE DREWSEY AREA (T. 20-21 S., R. 34-35 E.) IN 1989. CYPRUS DRILLED SEVERAL HOLES AT THE RED BUTTE PROSPECT AND LATER DROPPED THE CLAIMS.

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cyprus Gold Exploration Co.
    Year 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 64, 1969, P. 97.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-AUG-92 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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