The Black Butte Prospect is a iron mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,100 feet.
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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: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 38.62083, -118.34278
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Black Butte Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Butte Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Fitting 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: J. Malatesta, E. Ferretti, W. C. Schuman, W. Rea; Hawthorne, Nev.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: 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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE NEAR CENTER OF MINERALIZED ZONE HAD 40% FE
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ONLY SMALL LENSES OF HIGH-GRADE ORE. MUCH TACTITE CONTAINS MAGNETITE, BUT IN SMALL QUANTITIES.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): REEVES, SHAWE, KRAL,1958, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 53-B
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.
