Butler Prospect

The Butler Prospect is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,600 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Butler Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 36.87722, -116.69417

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Butler Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Butler Prospect


Commodity

Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Fluorine 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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Bare Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Fractures Trending N 70 W, Dipping 80 Sw Cuts The Limestone.


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification


Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SCINTILLATION COUNTER = 0.25 MR/HR.


Materials

Ore: Fluorite


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 20 DEG. INCLINE SHAFT ABOUT 100 FT LONG.


References

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 81, P. 92.

Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H.R., AND KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE BULLFROG QUAD. AND ORE DEPOSITS RELATED TO THE BULLFROG HILLS CALDERA: USGS PP 454-J, P. 19


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.