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

MRDSM055188
MAS410390015
DEP10225278
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.}
ReporterWestern Field Operations Center (WFOC)