Mine detail: Butte Quicksilver Mine

Previously called 'Butte 1 MineButte 2 MinePit 3 WorkingsRandBowersMayflowerVelvetIvanhoe'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.12184, -116.5715

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Alunite, Chalcedony, Opal
Orebody form:	BLANKET
Discovery year:	1917

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1917, 1929-1934, 1936-1937, 1939-1944

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:	Minor Drag Folds Along Steep Normal Faults
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M055014
DEP	10040302
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: GRANGER, ET AL, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 54}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R.