Butterfield Springs

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Geothermal
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247541
MAS/MILS ID 0320230752
Record type Site
Current site name Butterfield Springs

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.01196, 38.43965 (WGS84)
Elevation 1622
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunnyside(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn Canyon Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007 N 062 E 28 NE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Geothermal Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.01196, 38.43965

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Geothermal
Development status Occurrence
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EGAN/MOUNT GAFTON G-E-M RESOURCES AREA, 1983, BUR. OF LAND

  • Deposit

    MANAGEMENT GEM TECHNICAL REPORT NV-14, P. 30.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J. AND SCHILLING, J.H., 1979, THERMAL WATER OF

  • Deposit

    NEVADA: NV BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 91, P. 117.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAR-92 Koehler U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.