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

MRDS	M232071
DEP	10044573
Reference	RANSOME, F.L., 1909, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD, NEVADA: USGS PP 66, P. 246-247
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)