Butte Quicksilver Mine

The Butte Quicksilver Mine is a mercury mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,919 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

Name: Butte Quicksilver Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.