Mine detail: Glass Buttes

Previously called 'PolarisRyan'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.53317, -119.94413

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury, Gold
Ore: Cinnabar
Discovery year: 1933

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1956 - 1958, 1961
First production started: 1956
Last production ended: 1968

Geology

Host type:Tuff
Associated type:Tuff
Structure:Opalized Zones Are Along Nw Trending Faults
Tectonic:Dissected Lava Plateau
Alteration processes:Opalization Of Host Rocks

References

MRDSM054994
DEP10040288
Reference{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55, 223 P.}{Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1968, GLASS BUTTES MERCURY: ODGMI UNPUBLISHED REPORT}{Deposit:: REED, G.C., 1946, EXPLORATION OF GLASS BUTTES MERCURY DEPOSIT, LAKE COUNTY, ORE.: USBM RI 3926}{Deposit:: 5) ROSS, C.P., 1941, SOME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}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.