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North Butte Mine

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

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044046
MRDS ID M231365
Record type Site
Current site name North Butte Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.10594, 40.56657 (WGS84)
Elevation 1722
Relative position 10 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 11 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • MOUTH OF COW CANYON, A TRIBUTARY TO GALENA CANYON

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Alteration Of Porphyry Dike.

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS RANGED FROM 1.1 OZ/TON AG TO 14.4 OZ/TON AG AVERAGING 7.9 OZ/TON AG, WITH TRACES OF PB AND AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Scott Canyon Formation
    Rock description Scott Canyon Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.10594, 40.56657
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Valmy And Dewitt Thrust Faults
Local Complex; Multiple Faulting Nw And Ne-Trend

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N15W
    Dip 50W
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Fault Zone (N. Extension Of Butte Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS IS 15 FEET WIDE. DIKE IS ALTERED AND MINERALIZED IN PLACES.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year <1906
Year of first production 1906

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS LESS THAN $5,000 WORTH, MOSTLY COPPER, WITH SOME SILVER, LEAD, ZINC AND GOLD

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHORT ADITS

Comments on development

  • 3 CLAIMS, ONE FRACTION, AND A 5-ACRE MILLSITE

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M231365

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA; U.S.G.S. BULL 594

  • Deposit

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

  • 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

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.T., 1906, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE NORTH BUTTE PROPERTY ON FILE AT NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES

  • Production

    ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIATED FAULT ZONE, VEIN
Deposit PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 3 CLAIMS, A FRACTION AND A 5-ACRE MILLSITE WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHORT ADITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

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