Butler Prospect

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044490
MRDS ID M231935
Record type Site
Current site name Butler Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.69506, 36.87719 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position NEAR THE HEAD OF FLUORSPAR CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beatty Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012S 047E 23 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SCINTILLATION COUNTER = 0.25 MR/HR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.69506, 36.87719

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures Trending N 70 W, Dipping 80 Sw Cuts The Limestone.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Controlled (?)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fluorine District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 20 DEG. INCLINE SHAFT ABOUT 100 FT LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 81, P. 92.

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, H.R., AND KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE BULLFROG QUAD. AND ORE DEPOSITS RELATED TO THE BULLFROG HILLS CALDERA: USGS PP 454-J, P. 19

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-80 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

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.