The Red Butte Mine is a gold and copper mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,039 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,039 Feet (1,536 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 41.10806, -118.58111
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Red Butte Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Butte Mine
Secondary: Copper Queen Group, Metallic Group
Secondary: Claudia
Secondary: Bull Creek
Secondary: Blue Fox
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2941.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Red Butte District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Harris Family (Terry Or Howard)
Years: 1984 -
Owner Name: Nevad-A Mining And Exploration Co.
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: P. O. Box 1-318, Santa Cruz, Ca 95061
Years: 1984 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1907
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2941 OF HIGHLY SILICIFIED, PARTLY BRECCIATED IRON-STAINED VEIN MATERIAL.
Materials
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Production): WILLDEN, R., 1958
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F. L., 1909, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NV; U.S.G.S. BULL 414.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1958, CRET. AND TRET. OROGENY IN JACKSON MTNS., HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: AAPG BULL. VOL. 42, NO. 10
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 59
Reference (Deposit): MINESEARCH ANNUAL 1984-85, VOL. VII, P. 95-96
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 7 JUN 85, FIELD EXAMINATION
Reference (Deposit): JONES, R. B., 17 AUG 84, FIELD EXAMINATION.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
Reference (Deposit): KELLOGG WARDNER NEWS, 10/11/84, P. 3.
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.
