North Butte Mine

The North Butte Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,650 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

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Site Name

Primary: North Butte Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Zinc

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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Discovery Year: 1906
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: Valmy And Dewitt Thrust Faults

Type: L
Description: Complex; Multiple Faulting Nw And Ne-Trend

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Alteration Of Porphyry Dike.

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

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAYS RANGED FROM 1.1 OZ/TON AG TO 14.4 OZ/TON AG AVERAGING 7.9 OZ/TON AG, WITH TRACES OF PB AND AU.

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Development): 3 CLAIMS, ONE FRACTION, AND A 5-ACRE MILLSITE

Comment (Deposit): BRECCIATED FAULT ZONE, VEIN

Comment (Workings): 2 SHORT ADITS

Comment (Geology): VEINS IS 15 FEET WIDE. DIKE IS ALTERED AND MINERALIZED IN PLACES.

Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 3 CLAIMS, A FRACTION AND A 5-ACRE MILLSITE WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHORT ADITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION WAS LESS THAN $5,000 WORTH, MOSTLY COPPER, WITH SOME SILVER, LEAD, ZINC AND GOLD

Comment (Location): MOUTH OF COW CANYON, A TRIBUTARY TO GALENA CANYON

References

Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88

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 (Deposit): JOHNSON, A.T., 1906, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE NORTH BUTTE PROPERTY ON FILE AT NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES

Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA; U.S.G.S. BULL 594

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.