Mine detail: Copper Butte Group

Previously called 'GilkesonCopper Queen'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.94347, -117.52464

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Gold
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Malachite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Clover Creek Greenstone
Host type:	Greenstone
Tectonic:	Accreted Island Arc Terrane, Wallowa - 7 Devils?

References

MRDS	M014358
DEP	10098287
Reference	{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 46 .}{Deposit:: HULL, D. H., 1976, COPPER BUTTE MINE: ODGMI UNPUBLISHED REPORT.}{Deposit:: HAMMITT, R. W., 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR KEATING, OREGON: UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, THESIS.}{Deposit:: 1975 REON ODGMI UNPUB. REPOR}
Reporter	Lee, W., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.