The Butte Mine is a lead, silver, and gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,689 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,689 Feet (1,734 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.55722, -117.10139
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Butte Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Butte Mine
Secondary: Gold Butte Mines
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain 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: R. M. Oliver
Years: 1938 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1866
Discovery Year: 1866
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Faults
Type: L
Description: N-S Faults; Butte Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 3% PB (1938)
Analytical Data: 19.25 OZ AG/TON
Analytical Data: 0.0775 OZ AU/TON
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): ONE GOLD VEIN, ONE SILVER VEIN-WHICH AVERAGES 3 FT WIDE. ORE IS IN SEAMS WITHIN VEINS
Comment (Location): IN BUTTE CANYON ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH GALENA CYN.
Comment (Deposit): FIRST WORKED FROM 1866 TO 1872, WHEN IT PRODUCED MORE THAN $100,000 IN ORE. INACTIVE UNTIL 1934 WHEN R.M. OLIVER RELOCATED OLD CLAIMS AND WORKED THEM ALONE. HE SHIPPED 7 CARLOADS OF ORE RANGING FROM $14 TO $25 A TON FROM 1934 TO 1938. DEVELOPMENT THEN CONSISTED OF TWO ADITS PLUS SEVERAL SHAFTS TOTALLING 1600 FT. IN WORKINGS. ORE WAS TAKEN MAINLY FROM OXIDIZED ZONE. VEIN HAS BEEN EXPLORED FOR 380 FT. ALONG STRIKE AND 180 FT DOWN DIP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM 1866 TO 1947 IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN ABOUT 7446 TONS ORE TOTALLING ABOUT $346,660 IN GOLD, SILVER, COPPER AND LEAD.
Comment (Development): FIRST WORKED 1866-1872, PRODUCING OVER $100,000 WORTH OF ORE. IDLE UNTIL 1934 WHEN R. M. OLIVER RELOCATED OLD CLAIMS, WORKED THEM, SHIPPING 7 CARLOADS ORE FROM 1934 TO 1938.
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, SEVERAL SHAFTS
References
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO, NEV.; USBM INF. CIRC. 7043
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459.B.
Reference (Production): STEWART, MCKEE AND STAGER, 1977
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88
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.
