The Jim Butler Tonopah Mining Co. is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.06611, -117.22889
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Jim Butler Tonopah Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jim Butler Tonopah Mining Co.
Secondary: Fraction No. 1 Shaft
Secondary: Fraction No. 2 Shaft
Secondary: Gold Hill Shaft
Secondary: Stone Cabin Shaft
Secondary: Wandering Boy Shaft
Secondary: Big Tono Shaft
Secondary: Good Enough Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Tonopah District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: San Antonio Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Wandering Boy Fault Striking Nw, Dipping 50 Sw, Gold Hill Fault Nw Striking Fault Cuts Veins
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization, Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 20.400000+-0.600000
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 20.400000+-0.600000
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE COMPANY WAS ORGANIZED IN 1903. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): PROPERTY CONSIST OF 16 CLAIMS. UTM LOCATION IS OF THE WANDERING BOY SHAFT.
Comment (Deposit): ORE MINERALS OCCUR IN LENSES OR FILMS ON CRACKS OR CREVICES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE WANDERING BOY SHAFT, THE 300 FT BIG TONO SHAFT, THE 490 FT GOLD HILL SHAFT 238-FT FRACTION NO. 1 SHAFT, 400-FT FRACTION NO. 2 SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): IN FRACTION NO. 2 SHAFT IS A 3-FT VEIN STRIKING NE, DIPPING 40SE.
References
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 149-164
Reference (Deposit): CARPENTER, JA, ET AL, 1953, HISTORY OF FIFTY YEARS OF MINING AT TONOPAH: NBMG BULL. 51
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, TB, 1935, UNDERGROUND GEOL. OF TONOPAH MINING DIST.: NBMG BULL 23
Reference (Production): CARPENTER, ET AL, 1953, P. 149
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.
