Mine detail: Silver Butte Mine

Previously called 'Bullion VeinParadise & White Swan VeinSpring City MineWild Goose ClaimParadise MineNBMG Sample Sites 26072608.'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.5885, -117.4593

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic, Iron, Zinc, Copper
Ore: Argentite, Cerargyrite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1931

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1935

Geology

Host type:Slate,Schist
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Considerable Folding Of Sediments

References

MRDSM232695
DEP10045041
Reference{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM INF. CIRC. 6995.}{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG, ULL. VOL. 59.}{Deposit:: DECKER, D.J., 1974, MINERAL RESOURCE OWNERSHIP INVESTIGATION, NEVADA GARVEY RANCH, HUMBOLDT AND ELKO COUNTIES, NEVADA: UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG: HUMBOLDT COUNTY, ITEM 1.}{Deposit:: GILBERT, D.C., AND CAZIER, J., 1935, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE SILVER BUTTE MINING CO., PARADISE MINING DISTRICT; ON FILE AT NBMG. #5. CARPENTER, J.A., 1935, UNPUBLISHED EXCEPT FROM MINING LOG OF NORTHERN NEVADA TRIP, ON FILE AT NBMG. #5. TINGLEY, J.V., 5 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.}{Production:: COUCH AND CARPENTER (1944); VANDERBURG, (1936).}
ReporterLa Pointe, D. D., La Pointe, D.D.