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Butte Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043995
MRDS ID M231309
Record type Site
Current site name Butte Mine
Alternate or previous names Gold Butte Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.10233, 40.55712 (WGS84)
Elevation 1734
Relative position 14 MILES SW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 043E 14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN BUTTE CANYON ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH GALENA CYN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Tertiary
Arsenic Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result 0.0775 OZ AU/TON
Result 19.25 OZ AG/TON
Result 3% PB (1938)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Scott Canyon Formation
    Rock description Scott Canyon Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.10233, 40.55712
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Thrust Faults
Local N-S Faults; Butte Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N10W
    Dip 45-60W
    Width 54.86M
    Length 115.82M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Parallel Major N-S Faults & Pikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • ONE GOLD VEIN, ONE SILVER VEIN-WHICH AVERAGES 3 FT WIDE. ORE IS IN SEAMS WITHIN VEINS

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year <1866
Year of first production 1866

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner R. M. Oliver
    First year 1938

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM 1866 TO 1947 IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN ABOUT 7446 TONS ORE TOTALLING ABOUT $346,660 IN GOLD, SILVER, COPPER AND LEAD.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 487.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, SEVERAL SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • FIRST WORKED 1866-1872, PRODUCING OVER $100,000 WORTH OF ORE. IDLE UNTIL 1934 WHEN R. M. OLIVER RELOCATED OLD CLAIMS, WORKED THEM, SHIPPING 7 CARLOADS ORE FROM 1934 TO 1938.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M231309

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO, NEV.; USBM INF. CIRC. 7043

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459.B.

  • Production

    STEWART, MCKEE AND STAGER, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIRST WORKED FROM 1866 TO 1872, WHEN IT PRODUCED MORE THAN $100,000 IN ORE. INACTIVE UNTIL 1934 WHEN R.M. OLIVER RELOCATED OLD CLAIMS AND WORKED THEM ALONE. HE SHIPPED 7 CARLOADS OF ORE RANGING FROM $14 TO $25 A TON FROM 1934 TO 1938. DEVELOPMENT THEN CONSISTED OF TWO ADITS PLUS SEVERAL SHAFTS TOTALLING 1600 FT. IN WORKINGS. ORE WAS TAKEN MAINLY FROM OXIDIZED ZONE. VEIN HAS BEEN EXPLORED FOR 380 FT. ALONG STRIKE AND 180 FT DOWN DIP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology