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Silver Butte Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Arsenic, Copper, Gold, Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125101
MRDS ID M232695
MAS/MILS ID 0320130593
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Butte Mine
Alternate or previous names Wild Goose, Bullion Vein, Paradise
Related records 10045041

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.45657, 41.58879 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spring City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn River Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043 N 040 E 22 SESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.45657, 41.58879
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1868

Mining district

District name Paradise Valley

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-MAR-94 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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