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Quartzite and Black Butte Mines

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Antimony, Tellurium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044573
MRDS ID M232071
Record type Site
Current site name Quartzite and Black Butte Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.17647, 37.75245 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position SURROUNDING BLACK BUTTE HILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McMahon Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 043E 20 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PARTLY OXIDIZED ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Famatinite Ore
Gold Ore
Alunite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 154
USGS model code 25e
Deposit model name Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Mark3 model number 38

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.17647, 37.75245
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Horizontal Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR MASS
    Length 30.48M
    Width 7.62M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Diamondfield-Black Butte Consolidated Mines

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 200 FT QUARTZITE SHAFT WITH 4 LEVELS, THE 150 FT BLACK BUTTE SHAFT WITH THREE LEVELS, A 545 FT TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD, NEVADA: USGS PP 66, P. 246-247

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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