Description
S. P. Garoutte
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlBroad Fault Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar
GangueCalcite, Chalcedony, Chlorite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Andesite · Fisher;Fisher;Fisher
Associated rockTuff · Calapooya Formation;Calapooya Formation
StructureBlack Butte Fault
AlterationWidespread Clay, Carbonate And Silica Alteration And Impregnation Of Host Rocks; Supergene Limonite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1897-1908 , 1916-1916 , 1927-1942 , 1951 , 1956-1957\nor\n(1900-1901, 1905, 1908-1909, 1916-1919, 1927-1943, 1951, 1956-1957, 1964-1968)?
First production1900
Last production1968
Discovery year1890
Identification
Deposit ID10040417
MRDS IDM055188
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates43.57398, -123.0631
References
WATERS, A. C., 1945, THE BLACK BUTTE QUICKSILVER MINE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON: USGS STRATEGIC MINERALS REPORT, OPEN FILEBAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESBROOKS, H. C., 1963 , QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55 , 223 P.MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965 , USBM IC 8252, table 26, p. 319.SCHUETTE, C. N., 1938, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 4, P. 138-145