Mine detail: Black Butte Mine

Previously called 'Blackbutte Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

43.57401, -123.06306

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Other material:	Calcite, Chalcedony, Cinnabar, Pyrite
Discovery year:	1890

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1900

Geology

References

MRDS	M055188
MAS	410390015
DEP	10225278
Reference	{Deposit:: OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 55, 1963,}{Deposit:: P. 35-40.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, TABLE 26, P. 319.}
Reporter	Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)