| Deposit ID | 10044046 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231365 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | North Butte Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.10594, 40.56657 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1722 |
| Relative position | 10 MILES SW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lander(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Galena Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lander |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 031N | 043E | 11 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | ASSAYS RANGED FROM 1.1 OZ/TON AG TO 14.4 OZ/TON AG AVERAGING 7.9 OZ/TON AG, WITH TRACES OF PB AND AU. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Rock unit name | Scott Canyon Formation |
| Rock description | Scott Canyon Formation |
| (1) | -117.10594, 40.56657 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Valmy And Dewitt Thrust Faults |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Complex; Multiple Faulting Nw And Ne-Trend |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N15W |
| Dip | 50W |
| Width | 4.57M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1906 |
| Year of first production | 1906 |
| District name | Battle Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231365 |
HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA; U.S.G.S. BULL 594
STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88
JOHNSON, A.T., 1906, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE NORTH BUTTE PROPERTY ON FILE AT NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES
ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BRECCIATED FAULT ZONE, VEIN |
| Deposit | PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 3 CLAIMS, A FRACTION AND A 5-ACRE MILLSITE WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHORT ADITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1980 | La Pointe, D.D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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