Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeU
Ore controlShattered Zone In The Greenstone
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Malachite
GangueActinolite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGreenstone · Clover Creek Greenstone
Tectonic settingAccreted Island Arc Terrane, Wallowa - 7 Devils?
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10098287
MRDS IDM014358
Alternate namesGilkeson, Copper Queen
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.94347, -117.52464
References
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 46 .HULL, D. H., 1976, COPPER BUTTE MINE: ODGMI UNPUBLISHED REPORT.HAMMITT, R. W., 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR KEATING, OREGON: UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, THESIS.1975 REON ODGMI UNPUB. REPOR