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A view of the Glass Buttes Source Complex from the north. Glass Buttes is the peak on the right (west) and Little Glass Butteslies in the center of the picture.

ALTERNATE NAMES: Glass Butte, Glass Buttes, Glass Buttes Source Complex, Little Glass Butte.

GEOCHEMICAL SOURCES: Glass Buttes 1, Glass Buttes 2, Glass Buttes 3, Glass Buttes 4, Glass Buttes 5, GlassButtes 6, Glass Buttes 7, Glass Buttes 8, Glass Buttes 9.

LOCATION - COUNTY: Lake.

ACCESS AND OWNERSHIP: Bureau of Land Management.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Jessica Ambroz, Mike Glascock, and Dan Stueber.

OREGON OBSIDIAN SOURCES

GLASS BUTTES

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For maps illustrating the the geographic distribution of the different Glass Buttes geochemical sources,see: http://www.sourcecatalog.com/image_maps/image_maps.html#glassbuttes

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