Mine detail: Quartzite and Black Butte Mines

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Location

Lat / long: 37.75245, -117.17647

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper, Antimony, Tellurium
Ore: Famatinite, Gold
Gangue: Alunite, Gypsum, Quartz
Orebody form: LENTICULAR MASS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Andesite
Associated type:Dacite
Structure:Horizontal Fissures

References

MRDSM232071
DEP10044573
ReferenceRANSOME, F.L., 1909, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD, NEVADA: USGS PP 66, P. 246-247
ReporterWong, George (Roberts, Ralph)