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Butterfly Claims

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046566
MRDS ID M241751
Record type Site
Current site name Butterfly Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.0503, 36.45304 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Schader(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Death Valley Junction(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 17S 53E 29 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Johnnie
    Rock description Johnnie
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.0503, 36.45304
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Johnnie

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner A.-Z. Hall Of Pahrump
    First year 1951

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES VERTICLE SHAFTS, INCLINED SHAFTS, ADITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH/QUADE, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 19 APR 82.

  • Deposit

    NBMG, CORRESPONDENCE KRAC/HALL, 1949, FILE 235, ITEMS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZITE CUT BY STRINGERS - MASSIVE QUARTS VEINS, BEARING SULFIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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