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Muttlebury Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Antimony, Copper, Gold, Iron, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042589
MRDS ID M060428
Record type Site
Current site name Muttlebury Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Tiger, Case Card, NBMG Sample Site 2587
Related records 10247524

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.35625, 40.14768 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 5 MI. E-SE OF LOVELOCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coal Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026N 032E 02 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, NW 1/4, NE 1/4 SEC 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Considerable Gypsum Present

Analytical data

Result SB FROM TRACE TO 21.87% IN ORE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale > Black Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 30S TO 20N
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Quartz In Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE IS IN A QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN VARYING 4 TO 24 INCHES IN WIDTH AND LOCALLY DIVIDES INTO STRINGERS THAT FORM A SHEETED ZONE UP TO 48 INCHES WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Muttlebury District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Richardson, Warren B.
    Home office Reno, Nv
    First year 1957
  • Type Owner
    Owner Margrave, Frank
    Home office Reno, Nv
    First year 1957

Comments on the production information

  • 14 TONS ORE WITH 33/OZ AG, 200 LB PB IN 1939-ONLY RECORDED PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE OPENINGS INCLUDE FOUR ADITS, BUT ALL MINING WAS DONE FROM INTERCONNECTED WORKINGS OF THE NORTHERN TWO ADITS.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY IN 1985; LONG IDLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL 61

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM 1C 6902

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F. JR., 18 JUL 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MUTTLEBURY MINE WAS WORKED BETWEEN 1910 AND 1919 AND ABOUT 40 CARS OF AG-PB-SB ORE WAS SHIPPED. MINE OPENINGS INCLUDE FOUR ADITS, BUT ALL MINING WAS DONE FROM INTERCONNECTED WORKINGS OF THE NORTHERN TWO ADITS. THE MUTTLEBURY MINE IS INTERBEDDED LIMESTONE AND SHALE THAT MAKE UP THE LOWER PLATE OF A LARGE THRUST FAULT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit THE DEPOSIT IS INTERBEDDED LIMESTONE AND SHALE THAT MAKE UP THE LOWER PLATE OF A LARGE THRUST FAULT. THE ORE IS IN A QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN INCHES IN WIDTH AND LOCALLY DIVIDES INTO STRINGERS THAT FORM A SHEETED ZONE UP TO 48 IN WIDE. VEIN OCCURS IN BRECCIATED LIMESTONE AND SHALE JUST BELOW THRUST CONTACT. VEIN TRENDS NE AND DIPS 20-30 SW, VARYIN-G FROM A FEW CM TO 0.75 M IN WIDTH. MUCH OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE- STIBNITE COULD BE JAMESONITE INSTEAD. ALSO, NO GALENA WAS SEE-N (IN 1985) SO LEAD CONTENT COULD BE DUE TO JAMESONITE, AS WEL-L AS ANTIMONY IN ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Donahoe, James L. (Johnson, M.G.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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