Red Butte Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045062
MRDS ID M232720
Record type Site
Current site name Red Butte Mine
Alternate or previous names Copper Queen Group, Metallic Group, Claudia, Bull Creek, Blue Fox, NBMG Sample Site 2941.
Related records 10256726

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.5821, 41.10794 (WGS84)
Elevation 1536
Relative position 25 MILES BY ROAD NW OF JUNGO, NEVADA.

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 037N 030E 02 Nevada

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Copper Ore
Covellite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Barite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2941 OF HIGHLY SILICIFIED, PARTLY BRECCIATED IRON-STAINED VEIN MATERIAL.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.5821, 41.10794

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs Within Aplite Dikes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907

Mining district

District name Red Butte District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harris Family (Terry Or Howard)
    First year 1984
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nevad-A Mining And Exploration Co.
    Interest 50
    Home office P. O. Box 1-318, Santa Cruz, Ca 95061
    First year 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F. L., 1909, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NV; U.S.G.S. BULL 414.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1958, CRET. AND TRET. OROGENY IN JACKSON MTNS., HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: AAPG BULL. VOL. 42, NO. 10

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 59

  • Deposit

    MINESEARCH ANNUAL 1984-85, VOL. VII, P. 95-96

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 7 JUN 85, FIELD EXAMINATION

  • Deposit

    JONES, R. B., 17 AUG 84, FIELD EXAMINATION.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

  • Deposit

    KELLOGG WARDNER NEWS, 10/11/84, P. 3.

  • Production

    WILLDEN, R., 1958

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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