Mine detail: Butte Mine

Previously called 'Gold Butte Mines'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.55712, -117.10233

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver, Gold
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Antimony, Arsenic
Ore:	Argentite, Cerargyrite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1866

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1866

Geology

Host rock:	Scott Canyon Formation
Host type:	Shale,Chert
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Thrust Faults, N-S Faults; Butte Fault Zone
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M231309
DEP	10043995
Reference	{Deposit:: STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO, NEV.; USBM INF. CIRC. 7043}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459.B.}{Production:: STEWART, MCKEE AND STAGER, 1977}
Reporter	La Pointe, D. D.