Mine detail: Twin Buttes Mine

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Site 2857'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.49878, -119.01017

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver, Lead
Tertiary: Antimony, Arsenic, Zinc
Ore: Galena, Gold
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1935

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Metasedimentary Rock,Siltstone

References

MRDSM060219
DEP10103879
Reference{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89}{Deposit:: QUADE, JACK, 16 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.}{Deposit:: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEARS 1981, AND 1980.}
ReporterJohnson, Maureen G., La Pointe, D.D.