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Red Butte Mine

Prospect in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Copper, Lead, Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256726
MRDS ID M232720
MAS/MILS ID 0320130697
Record type Site
Current site name Red Butte Mine
Related records 10045062

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.58099, 41.09208 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037 N 030 E 01 NWSW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.58099, 41.09208
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red Butte

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAR-1994 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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