The Muttlebury Mine is a lead, antimony, and silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Antimony, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.14778, -118.35528
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Muttlebury Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Muttlebury Mine
Secondary: Old Tiger
Secondary: Case Card
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2587
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Muttlebury District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Richardson, Warren B.
Home Office: Reno, Nv
Years: 1957 -
Owner Name: Margrave, Frank
Home Office: Reno, Nv
Years: 1957 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Fault
Type: L
Description: Thrust Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Considerable Gypsum Present
Rocks
Name: Black Shale
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SB FROM TRACE TO 21.87% IN ORE
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Jamesonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT IS INTERBEDDED LIMESTONE AND SHALE THAT MAKE UP THE LOWER PLATE OF A LARGE THRUST FAULT. THE ORE IS IN A QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN INCHES IN WIDTH AND LOCALLY DIVIDES INTO STRINGERS THAT FORM A SHEETED ZONE UP TO 48 IN WIDE. VEIN OCCURS IN BRECCIATED LIMESTONE AND SHALE JUST BELOW THRUST CONTACT. VEIN TRENDS NE AND DIPS 20-30 SW, VARYIN-G FROM A FEW CM TO 0.75 M IN WIDTH. MUCH OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE- STIBNITE COULD BE JAMESONITE INSTEAD. ALSO, NO GALENA WAS SEE-N (IN 1985) SO LEAD CONTENT COULD BE DUE TO JAMESONITE, AS WEL-L AS ANTIMONY IN ORE.
Comment (Deposit): MUTTLEBURY MINE WAS WORKED BETWEEN 1910 AND 1919 AND ABOUT 40 CARS OF AG-PB-SB ORE WAS SHIPPED. MINE OPENINGS INCLUDE FOUR ADITS, BUT ALL MINING WAS DONE FROM INTERCONNECTED WORKINGS OF THE NORTHERN TWO ADITS. THE MUTTLEBURY MINE IS INTERBEDDED LIMESTONE AND SHALE THAT MAKE UP THE LOWER PLATE OF A LARGE THRUST FAULT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Workings): MINE OPENINGS INCLUDE FOUR ADITS, BUT ALL MINING WAS DONE FROM INTERCONNECTED WORKINGS OF THE NORTHERN TWO ADITS.
Comment (Geology): THE ORE IS IN A QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN VARYING 4 TO 24 INCHES IN WIDTH AND LOCALLY DIVIDES INTO STRINGERS THAT FORM A SHEETED ZONE UP TO 48 INCHES WIDE.
Comment (Location): NE 1/4, NW 1/4, NE 1/4 SEC 2
Comment (Production): 14 TONS ORE WITH 33/OZ AG, 200 LB PB IN 1939-ONLY RECORDED PRODUCTION.
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY IN 1985; LONG IDLE
References
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM 1C 6902
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F. JR., 18 JUL 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL 61
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.
