Mine detail: Olive Butte

Previously called 'Big Elk'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.74068, -118.46633

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
Host type:	Argillite

References

MRDS	M015093
DEP	10033137
Reference	{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P.85}{Deposit:: MULLEN, E.D., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAINS, OREGON STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS}
Reporter	Lee, W., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.