The Butler Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,250 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,250 Feet (1,905 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.76583, -117.87778
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Butler Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Butler Mine
Secondary: Nevada-Chief Property
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Fairplay District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
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: Paradise Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Striking N40e,Dip 53w
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: THE ORE WAS VALUED AT ABOUT $30 PER TON IN SILVER AND GOLD.
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 280 FT (45 DEG) INCLINE SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 150, 225, AND 280 FT., STOPES, WINZE
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP
Comment (Production): UNKNOWN AMOUNT
Comment (Development): OPTIONED TO O.M. EMMONS IN 1913 AND DEVELOPED BY HIM
References
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): SIRDEVAN,W.H.,1914, UNPUBLISHED NOTES ON PROSPECTS AT GOLDYKE: NBMG FILE 227, ITEM 1.
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 58
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.
