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Silver Butte Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic, Iron
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045041
MRDS ID M232695
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Butte Mine
Alternate or previous names Wild Goose Claim, Bullion Vein, Paradise & White Swan Vein, Spring City Mine, Paradise Mine, NBMG Sample Sites 2607, 2608.
Related records 10125101

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.4593, 41.5885 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 60 MILES NNE OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spring City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn River Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043N 040E 22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS TO SAMPLE SITE 2608 AT UPPER ADIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE CARRIES 100:1, AG:AU RATIO. SAMPLE 2607 OF VEIN QUARTZ WITH SULFIDES CONTAINS 5 % FE, 0.05 % MG, 0.1 % TI, 15 PPM MN, 1500 PPM AG, +10000 PPM AS, 20 PPM AU, 100 PPM B, 70 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 30 PPM BI, 10 PPM CR, 200 PPM CU, 10 PPM NI, 700 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 20 PPM V, 100 PPM ZR, AND 54 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS. SAMPLE 2608 OF VEIN QUARTZ WITH ARSENOPYRITE CONTAINS 10 % FE, 0.02 % MG, 0.05 % TI, 50 PPM MN, 1000 PPM AG, +10000 PPM AS, 50 PPM B, 20 PPM BA, 50 PPM BI, 10 PPM CO, 10 PPM CR, 5000 PPM CU, 7 PPM NI, 3000 PPM PB, 300 PPM SB, 10 PPM V, 300 PPM ZN, AND 11.0 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.4593, 41.5885
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Considerable Folding Of Sediments
Type of structure Local
Structure description Considerable Folding Of Sediments

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 75E TO 70W
    Thickness 7.62M
    Length 304.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins; Parallel Fissures; Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS AVERAGE 4 FT. WIDE (UP TO 25 FT. IN PLACES). DEVELOPMENT WAS ON THE PARADISE AND WILD GOOSE VEINS. MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG PARALLEL FISSURES IN SERIES, WHICH PINCH AND SWELL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1931
Year of first production 1935

Mining district

District name Spring City District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF AU-AG ORE PRODUCED FROM 1868 TO 1936.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1984, THERE WAS AN OLD CAVED SHAFT, EXTENSIVE STOPING (MANY OPEN), AND REMAINS OF AT LEAST 2 OLD MILLS, WITH MOST RECENT 1930'S VINTAGE.

Comments on development

  • IN 1984, THERE WAS NO ACTIVITY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM INF. CIRC. 6995.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG, ULL. VOL. 59.

  • Deposit

    DECKER, D.J., 1974, MINERAL RESOURCE OWNERSHIP INVESTIGATION, NEVADA GARVEY RANCH, HUMBOLDT AND ELKO COUNTIES, NEVADA: UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG: HUMBOLDT COUNTY, ITEM 1.

  • Deposit

    GILBERT, D.C., AND CAZIER, J., 1935, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE SILVER BUTTE MINING CO., PARADISE MINING DISTRICT; ON FILE AT NBMG. #5. CARPENTER, J.A., 1935, UNPUBLISHED EXCEPT FROM MINING LOG OF NORTHERN NEVADA TRIP, ON FILE AT NBMG. #5. TINGLEY, J.V., 5 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Production

    COUCH AND CARPENTER (1944); VANDERBURG, (1936).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UPPER ADIT LEADS INTO LARGE CAVING STOPE ON N-S, 70W-DIPPING VEIN OF CRUSHED QUARTZ CONTAINING PYRITE ON FOOTWALL (EAST), A KAOLINIZED RHYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKE ON HANGING WALL. ZONE IS MORE OF A SHEAR ZONE WITH PODS OF QUARTZ-SULFIDES ALONG IT THAN A DEFINITE VEIN. VEIN AND DIKE STRIKE ALMOST PERPENDICULAR TO WALLROCK FOLIATION. ALONG STRIKE, THE VEIN DOES NOT FORM A PROMINENT OUTCROP; IN PLACES IT IS ONLY A FAULT TRACE. THE FAULT PLANE AS SEEN ON STOPE WALLS IS NEAR VERTICAL BUT CURVES TO THE EAST AND/OR WEST. THE OLD SHAFT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CREEK S. OF OLD MILL IS ON THE PROJECTION OF THIS STRUCTURE.
Deposit 14 UNPATENTED CLAIMS FORMERLY OWNED BY SILVER BUTTE MINING CO. WERE RELOCATED BY GUS ROGERS IN 1931. THE CLAIMS WERE LATER TAKEN OVER BY A GROUP FROM ASTORIA, OREGON WHO BUILT A SMALL MILL WHICH TREATED SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF LOW GRADE ORE FROM THE DUMPS. IT CLOSED DOWN IN 1935. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF 2 MILES OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, INCLUDING 7 ADITS, 2 SHAFTS 400 AND 600 FT. DEEP. WILD GOOSE VEIN WAS DEVELOPED BY 3 TUNNELS: WILD GOOSE DRIFT, WILD GOOSE ADIT, AND BULLION TUNNELL. THE WEST TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN TO CROSSCUT THE VEIN. PARADISE VEIN, 900 FT. EAST OF WILD GOOSE VEIN, IS DEVELOP BY NO. 1, NO. 2, NO. 3, AND NO. 4 TUNNELS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1987 La Pointe, D.D. U.S. Geological Survey

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