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Hope Butte Project Occurrence (Jordan; Riddle), Malheur County, Oregon, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
44° 2' 23'' North , 117° 27' 7'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
44.03972,-117.45194
GRN:
N30W61
Type:
Occurrence
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Vale1,833 (2017)18.2km
Harper109 (2011)23.3km
Huntington437 (2017)37.6km
Ontario10,999 (2017)39.1km
Nyssa3,175 (2017)40.8km
Mindat Locality ID:
4065
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:4065:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P. P. 213-215.
Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 332.
Deposit:: DOGAMI MLR 23-0173
Deposit:: 1956 DIREXPL DME
OREGON GEOLOGY, 1990, V. 52, NO. 2, P. 38, 41
Commodities (Major) - Mercury, Gold
Development Status: Occurrence
Deposit Model: 104: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Host Rock Unit: Copper Creek Granodiorite
Structure: Nw Trending Monocline, Small Fractures
Host Rock: Tuff

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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘCinnabar2.CD.15aHgS

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SSulfur
Sⓘ CinnabarHgS
HgMercury
Hgⓘ CinnabarHgS

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