| Lat / long: | 43.57398, -123.0631 |
| Primary: | Mercury |
| Ore: | Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Chalcedony, Chlorite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite |
| Discovery year: | 1890 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | 1897 - 1908 , 1916 - 1916 , 1927 - 1942 , 1951 , 1956 - 1957 |
| First production started: | 1900 |
| Last production ended: | 1968 |
| Host rock: | Fisher;Fisher;Fisher |
| Host type: | Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Andesite |
| Associated rock: | Calapooya Formation;Calapooya Formation |
| Associated type: | Tuff |
| Structure: | Black Butte Fault |
| Alteration processes: | Widespread Clay, Carbonate And Silica Alteration And Impregnation Of Host Rocks; Supergene Limonite |
| MRDS | M055188 |
| DEP | 10040417 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: WATERS, A. C., 1945, THE BLACK BUTTE QUICKSILVER MINE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON: USGS STRATEGIC MINERALS REPORT, OPEN FILE}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{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:: 5) SCHUETTE, C. N., 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 4, P. 138-145}{Deposit:: 1956 DIREXPL DMEA, FURNACED ORE FROM 2 LEVEL} |
| Reporter | Bergquist, Joel R., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J. |