Mine detail: Glass Buttes

Location:	Lake County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long:	43.53317, -119.94413
dep_id:	10040288
mrds_id:	M054994
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Mercury, Gold
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Cinnabar
work_type:	Surface/Underground
alteration:	Opalization Of Host Rocks
conc_proc:	Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl:	Brecciated Zones In Opalite
Reporter:	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_type:	Tuff
arock_type:	Tuff
Structure:	Opalized Zones Are Along Nw Trending Faults
tectonic:	Dissected Lava Plateau
Year first produced:	1956
yr_lst_prd:	1968
disc_yr:	1933
prod_yrs:	1956 - 1958, 1961
discr:	P. L. Forbes
References:	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55, 223 P. Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252 Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1968, GLASS BUTTES MERCURY: ODGMI UNPUBLISHED REPORT Deposit:: REED, G.C., 1946, EXPLORATION OF GLASS BUTTES MERCURY DEPOSIT, LAKE COUNTY, ORE.: USBM RI 3926 Deposit:: 5) ROSS, C.P., 1941, SOME QUICKSILVER PROSPECTS IN ADJACENT PARTS OF NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, AN Production:: USBM AND COMPANY RECORDS VIA BROOKS, 1968