| Deposit ID | 10046152 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M234133 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver Butte |
| Alternate or previous names | Dead Horse, Golden Pipe |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.18228, 40.28325 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | IN SADDLE SW OF SMALL BUTTE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Elko(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Medicine Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Ruby Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Elko(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Elko |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 028N | 060E | 24;23 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Barite | Ore |
| Calcite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Lead | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Quartz | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -115.18228, 40.28325 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Shear Zones |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N35E |
| Dip | 80E |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Mud Springs (Dead Horse Medicine Springs Butte Valley) |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Golden Pipe Exploration Co. |
| First year | 1978 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M234133 |
GRANGER, ET ALL, (1957), GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 59.
HILL, J.M., (1916), NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL 648.
SMITH, R. M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY NEVADA, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 1976-56.
MINES REGISTER. 1937.
HUNT, S.F., (1936), MINING GEOLOGY OUTLINED: 8 MSM REPRINT.
LINCOLN, F.C., (1923), MINING DISTRICTS OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., RENO, NEVADA.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BARITE VEINS REPORTED |
| Deposit | THE DEAD HORSE OR SILVER BUTTE MINE OF 5 CLAIMS IS LOCATED IN A SADDLE SE OF A SMALL BUTTE AT THE NORTH END OF THE RUBY HILLS. FIRST DISCOVERIES IN THE DISTRICT WERE IN 1910, AND THE DEAD HORSE MINE WAS LOCATED IN 1911. ONE FOLLOWS A 2 FT. -3 FT. WIDE FRACTURE, THAT HAS A STRIKE LENGTH OF 1,500 FT. (N35E). THE GANGUE IS COMPOSED OF CALCITE, QUARTZ, AND BARITE WITH VALVES IN POCKETS OF LEAD CARBONATE AND SULPHATES. ON THE HANGING THERE IS A FOOT OF LEDGE MATERIAL CARRYING POCKETS AND STRINGERS OF GALENA SURROUNDED BY ANGLESITE AND CERUSITE. THE FIRST SHIPMENT OF ORE WAS MADE IN 1915 TO THE USSR. SMELTER IS LOCATED IN SALT LAKE CITY. IT WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED BY THE NEVADA DIVIDEND MINING COMPANY WITH SOME OF THE ORE RUNNING AS HIGH AS 100 OZ AG AND 3 OZ AU. A 100-TON FLOTATION MILL WAS BUILT IN 1929 AND WAS IN OPERATION IN SEPTEMBER 1929. BETWEEN 1929 AND 1935 THE ORE AVERAGED 7-20% PB. THE MINE AND MILL WERE ACTIVE IN 1935. IN 1937 IT WAS BEING RENNOVATED TO START WORK |
| Deposit | AGAIN. THE SILVER BUTTE CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. WAS INCORPORATED ABOUT 1923 TO CONSOLIDATE THE NEVADA DIVIDEND MINING CO. PROPERTY AND THE BUTTE VALLEY MINING CO. THIS GROUP WAS OWNED BY SALT LAKE CITY INVESTORS. THE MINE WAS DEVELOPED BY A 2-COMPARTMENT, 600 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH 6 LEVELS, AND IN ALL ABOUT 4000 FT. OF WORKINGS. THE MINE AND MILL WERE OPERATING AGAIN IN 1951 ON THEIR 19 LODE CLAIMS, UNDER LEASE TO THE SILVER BUTTE CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. THE MILL WAS LOCATED AT MEDICINE SPRINGS, 6 MILES WEST OF THE SILVER BUTTE (DEAD HORSE) MINE. THIS MINE WAS THE PRINCIPAL PRODUCER IN THE DISTRICT AND IS CREDITED WITH A SMALL PRODUCTION. THE MILL INSTALLED IN 1950 AT MEDICINE SPRINGS WAS A 60-TON WET CONCENTRATING PLANT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1979 | Tingley I. C. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1990 | Skurski, M. (Marcus, Sue) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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