| Location: | Lane County, Oregon, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 43.57398, -123.0631 |
| dep_id: | 10040417 |
| mrds_id: | M055188 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Mercury |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar |
| gangue: | Calcite, Chalcedony, Chlorite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite |
| work_type: | Underground |
| alteration: | Widespread Clay, Carbonate And Silica Alteration And Impregnation Of Host Rocks; Supergene Limonite |
| conc_proc: | Hydrothermal Solutions |
| ore_ctrl: | Broad Fault Zone |
| Reporter: | Bergquist, Joel R., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J. |
| hrock_unit: | Fisher;Fisher;Fisher |
| hrock_type: | Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Andesite |
| arock_unit: | Calapooya Formation;Calapooya Formation |
| arock_type: | Tuff |
| Structure: | Black Butte Fault |
| Year first produced: | 1900 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1968 |
| disc_yr: | 1890 |
| prod_yrs: | 1897 - 1908 , 1916 - 1916 , 1927 - 1942 , 1951 , 1956 - 1957 |
| discr: | S. P. Garoutte |
| References: |
- 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
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