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Black Butte Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Iron, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103922
MRDS ID M231055
Record type Site
Current site name Black Butte Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.71208, 39.08935 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Terrill Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 029E 11 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Iron Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Iron Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.71208, 39.08935
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • THE VEIN DIPS WEST IN ANDESITE NEAR THE CONTACT BETWEEN ANDESITE AND RHYOLITE PORPHYRY. THE VEIN IS 30 INCHES WIDE AND CONTAINS 1 1/2 FEET OF SULFIDE ORE THAT RUNS $6.50 TO THE TON. FORTY FEET EAST OF THE VEIN THE FOOTWALL RHYOLITE PORPHYRY CONTAINS A 100 FOOT WIDE ZONE OF STRINGERS, SOME OF WHICH ARE RICH. ORE SHIPPED IN 1911 RAN $17 IN GOLD AND 92 OUNCES SILVER TO THE TON, AND 12% LEAD, 4% IRON, 3% ZINC. A LATER SHIPMENT FROM ONE OF THE STRINGERS RAN $11.80 IN GOLD AND 190 OUNCES SILVER TO THE TON (SCHRADER, P 290).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, FC, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947: NBMG FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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