Golden Butte Mine

Plant in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271943
MAS/MILS ID 0320330509
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Butte Mine
Alternate or previous names Alta Bay Ventures, Golden Butte Ventures

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.06338, 39.88103 (WGS84)
Elevation 2200
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ninemile Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Long-Ruby Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023 N 061 E 02 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.06338, 39.88103

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1989
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Precipitation
Milling method Leach-Precipitation

Mining district

District name Egan Mountain

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Alta Gold Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1996
    First year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Echo Bay Mines Ltd.
    Year 1996
    Last year 1991

Production statistics

  • Year 1990
    Description Gold 13568 Oz/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 422012.03g
  • Year 1991
    Description Gold (Orebody Depleted) 4462 Oz/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 138783.73g
  • Year 1992
    Description Gold 1073 Oz/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 33374.03g
  • Year 1993
    Description Gold 163 Oz/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 5069.86g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES AND MINING

  • Ownership

    COMPANIES, P.325.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, V 191, NO 6, JUNE, 1990, PP.

  • Deposit

    36-39, "A RECORD YEAR FOR NEVADA GOLD", CARTER, R.A..

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, SPECIAL PUBLICATION 10,

  • Deposit

    1990, P15.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S OFFICE, INTERVIEW, 1990.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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