Mine detail: North Butte Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.56657, -117.10594

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Silver
Secondary: Lead, Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic, Antimony, Zinc
Ore: Argentite, Galena, Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1906

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1906

Geology

Host rock:Scott Canyon Formation
Host type:Greenstone,Shale
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Valmy And Dewitt Thrust Faults, Complex; Multiple Faulting Nw And Ne-Trend
Alteration processes:Strong Alteration Of Porphyry Dike.

References

MRDSM231365
DEP10044046
Reference{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA; U.S.G.S. BULL 594}{Deposit:: STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88}{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ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 459-B}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, A.T., 1906, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE NORTH BUTTE PROPERTY ON FILE AT NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES}{Production:: ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965}
ReporterLa Pointe, D.D.