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Butte No. 1 Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103794
MRDS ID M055397
Record type Site
Current site name Butte No. 1 Mine
Alternate or previous names Butte Quicksilver Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.57094, 41.12184 (WGS84)
Elevation 1817
Relative position ADJACENT TO THE FURNACE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willow Creek Reservoir SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rock(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 048E 32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SW/4 SE/4 SE/4 SEC. 32

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.57094, 41.12184
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: OPALIZED BED LIES STRATIGRAPHICALLY HIGHER THAN THE BLANKET DEPOSIT OF THE VELVET WORKINGS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ivanhoe District

Comments on the production information

  • SEE BUTTE QUICKSILVER MINE DATA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A MORE PRODUCTIVE BED MAY LIE 30 - 40 FT BELOW THE (1943) WORKINGS, AND WARRENTS FURTHER EXPLORATION ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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