Mine detail: Hope Butte Project

Previously called 'Hope ButteRiddleJordan'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.07792, -117.4624

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Discovery year:	1951

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Associated rock:	Owyhee Formation
Associated type:	Basalt
Structure:	Nw Trending Monocline, Small Fractures
Alteration processes:	Local Opalitization Of The Host Rocks, Mainly Along Faults

References

MRDS	M054918
DEP	10092561
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:: 1956 DIREXPL DME}
Reporter	Brooks, Howard C., Gray, Jerry J., Peterson, Jocelyn A., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)