The Quartzite and Black Butte Mines is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,699 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
Elevation: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.7525, -117.17556
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Quartzite and Black Butte Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Quartzite and Black Butte Mines
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Tellurium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Goldfield 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
Owner Name: Diamondfield-Black Butte Consolidated Mines
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: Goldfield Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR MASS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Horizontal Fissures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Famatinite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): PARTLY OXIDIZED ORE
Comment (Production): AMOUNT UNKNOWN
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 200 FT QUARTZITE SHAFT WITH 4 LEVELS, THE 150 FT BLACK BUTTE SHAFT WITH THREE LEVELS, A 545 FT TUNNEL
References
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD, NEVADA: USGS PP 66, P. 246-247
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.
