The Butte Quicksilver Mine is a mercury mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,919 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,919 Feet (1,804 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.12194, -116.57056
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Butte Quicksilver Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Butte Quicksilver Mine
Secondary: Butte 1 Mine
Secondary: Butte 2 Mine
Secondary: Pit 3 Workings
Secondary: Rand
Secondary: Bowers
Secondary: Mayflower
Secondary: Velvet
Secondary: Ivanhoe
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Ivanhoe District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Butte Quicksilver Mining Co.
Years: 1943 -
Production
Year: 1957
Time Period: To 1957
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4-8 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1917
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Type: L
Description: Minor Drag Folds Along Steep Normal Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Opal
Comments
Comment (Geology): PRE - TERTIARY QUARTZITE AND CHERT NEARLY EVERYWHERE MANTLED BY TERT. VOLCANICS. MIOCENE RHYOLITE AND ANDESITE FLOWS AND TUFF TILTED, BEVELLED, OVERLAIN BY FLAT - LYING RHYOLITIC TUFFS.
Comment (Deposit): SEE BUTTE NO. 1 MINE, BUTTE NO. 2 MINE, PIT 3, AND VELVET WORKINGS FOR MORE DETAILS. ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H
Comment (Production): INCLUDES PRODUCTION FROM: BUTTE NO. 1 MINE, BUTTE NO. 2 MINE, VELVET WORKINGS, AND PIT 3 WORKINGS. VELVET WORKINGS MAJOR PRODUCER
Comment (Development): 35 TON ROTARY (1943)
Comment (Deposit): ORE DEPOSITION OCCURS IN OPALITE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS PARTLY OPENCUT. (DEVELOPMENT AS OF 1943) LAST OPERATED 1943.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ITEM 1 INFERRED RESERVES AS OF 1943.
References
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, ET AL, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 54
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
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.
