| Deposit ID | 10271943 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0320330509 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Golden Butte Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Alta Bay Ventures, Golden Butte Ventures |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.06338, 39.88103 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2200 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
White Pine(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ninemile Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Newark Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Long-Ruby Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | White Pine |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 023 N | 061 E | 02 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Ore Body (1) | -115.06338, 39.88103 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Mining method | Open Pit |
| Year of first production | 1989 |
| Plant type | Leach |
| Plant subcategory | Precipitation |
| Milling method | Leach-Precipitation |
| District name | Egan Mountain |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | Unknown |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Alta Gold Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Nevada |
| Year | 1996 |
| First year | 1991 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Echo Bay Mines Ltd. |
| Year | 1996 |
| Last year | 1991 |
| Year | 1990 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Gold 13568 Oz/Yr | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1991 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Gold (Orebody Depleted) 4462 Oz/Yr | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1992 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Gold 1073 Oz/Yr | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1993 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Gold 163 Oz/Yr | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0320330509 |
RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES AND MINING
COMPANIES, P.325.
ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, V 191, NO 6, JUNE, 1990, PP.
36-39, "A RECORD YEAR FOR NEVADA GOLD", CARTER, R.A..
NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, SPECIAL PUBLICATION 10,
1990, P15.
NEVADA STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S OFFICE, INTERVIEW, 1990.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 15-NOV-96 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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