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Red Butte Prospect

Occurrence in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gypsum-Anhydrite, Volcanic Materials
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095726
MRDS ID M233796
Record type Site
Current site name Red Butte Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.29344, 39.95935 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilbert Creek NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024N 042E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary
Volcanic Materials Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Andesite flows and breccias
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PIT CUT IN ALLUVIUM AND MINOR O/C OF HIGHLY ALTERED REDDISH-PURPLE RHYOLITE (?), SOME ASH FLOW TUFF IN FLOAT, GYPSUM CRYSTALS POSSIBLE URNIUM PROSPECT. NO OBVIOUS MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ravenswood

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • 1 PROSPECT PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P./BENTZ, J.; FIELD EXAMINATION, NOV 6, 1981

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Martin, Paul (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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