The Black Butte Prospect is a mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.62778, -118.34000
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Black Butte Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Butte Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Fitting
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Malatesta, Ferretta, Schuman, Rea
Home Office: Hawthorne, Nv.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SMALL VEINS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATION
Comment (Workings): SURFACE SCRAPINGS AND SHORT ADITS
Comment (Commodity): RICHEST ORE ACROSS 40 FT IS 40.0 % FE
Comment (Reserve-Resource): TYPICAL SMALL CONTACT-METAMORPHIC DEPOSIT WITH LITTLE POTENTIAL AT DEPTH
References
Reference (Deposit): REEVES, SHAWE, KRAL, 1958 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, PART B., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 53
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
