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Butters

Past Producer in Storey county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040459
MRDS ID M055252
Record type Site
Current site name Butters
Related records 10222200

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.65489, 39.41046 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Storey(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steamboat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Storey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
18N 21E 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • +/- 1000 M. TO AREA OF DISTRICT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Gold Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.65489, 39.41046
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1926 - 1929

Mining district

District name Castle Peak District

Comments on the production information

  • HG RECOVERED FROM AMALGAM TAILINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM UNPUB DATA

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HG FROM AMALGAM TAILINGS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-74 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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