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Twin Buttes Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Arsenic, Antimony, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103879
MRDS ID M060219
Record type Site
Current site name Twin Buttes Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2857
Related records 10247361

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.01017, 40.49878 (WGS84)
Elevation 1580
Relative position 7 MI. N OF BLUE WING MTNS ON WEST SIDE OF S. PROJECTING SPUR OF MTNS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Buttes Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 026E 01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM TO MAIN SHAFT ON TOPO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2857 CONTAINS 20 % FE, 0.3 % MG, 1 % CA, 0.05 % TI, 100 PPM MN, 200 PPM AG, +10000 PPM AS, 15 PPM AU, 70 PPM B, 100 PPM BA, 200 PPM CD, 5 PPM CO, 10 PPM CU, 5 PPM NI, 20000 PPM PB, 1000 PPM SB, 150 PPM SR, 15 PPM V, 5000 PPM ZN, AND 39.0 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.01017, 40.49878
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • South-Dipping Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1935

Mining district

District name Staggs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Inland Resources , Ted Saylor, Pres.
    Home office 910 South Main, Salt Lake City, Ut 84101
    First year 1981

Comments on the production information

  • CONTAINED 626 OZ AU, 7577 OZ AG, 40,400 LB PB

Comments on the workings information

  • MINED IN THE 1940'S BY AN ADIT. A 15-TON GRAVITY CONCENTRATOR WAS BUILT IN 1942. REMNANTS OF GRAVITY MILL AND LEACH PADS PRESENT IN 1984.

Comments on development

  • MINED IN THE 1940'S AND INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH THE 1980'S. IN 1984, IT WAS REPORTED THAT NEW WORK HAD BEEN DONE ON THE MAIN SHAFT AND ON LEACH PADS, AS WELL AS UNDERGROUND PRODUCTION WITHIN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. LISTED AS AN ACTIVE HEAP LEACH GOLD OPERATION IN 1981, EMPLOYING 2 PERSONS; ALSO ACTIVE IN 1980.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 16 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEARS 1981, AND 1980.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1930'S
Deposit MAIN ADIT WAS DRIVEN ON AN EAST-BEARING QUARTZ VEIN IN A SOUTH-DIPPING SHEAR. THE HOST ROCKS ARE BLACK FINE-GRAINED METASEDIMENTS, PROBABLY A SILTSTONE. SAMPLE 2857 WAS SELECTED FROM NEW AND OLD MATERIAL ON THE DUMPS THAT INCLUDED ARSENOPYRITE, PYRITE, AND POSSSIBLE SILVER/LEAD MINERALS.
Deposit DISCOVERED IN THE 1930'S. MINED IN THE 1940'S BY AN ADIT. A 15-TON GRAVITY CONCENTRATOR WAS BUILT IN 1942. PRODUCTION INCLUDED: FOR PERIOD 1941-42, 564 TONS OF ORE WITH 598 OZ GOLD, 7130 OZ. AG, 37,700 LB PB: FOR 1949, 26 TONS ORE WITH 28 OZ. AU, 447 OZ. AG AND 2,700 LB PB. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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