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Black Butte

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10280927
MRDS ID M014863
MAS/MILS ID 0410230240
Record type Site
Current site name Black Butte
Alternate or previous names Cohoe Mine, Fox Valley Prospects
Related records 10033009

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.15277, 44.55655 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belshaw Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Monument(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Malheur National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 012 S 030 E 06 C Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN CANYON MINING DISTRICT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.15277, 44.55655
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Henry M. Brown
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANN. REPT. 20, 1901, P. 720.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-AUG-1992 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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