Quartzite and Black Butte Mines

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

Name: Quartzite and Black Butte Mines  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

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

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.