The Black Butte Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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Black Butte Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Butte Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Iron
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Iron
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): THE VEIN DIPS WEST IN ANDESITE NEAR THE CONTACT BETWEEN ANDESITE AND RHYOLITE PORPHYRY. THE VEIN IS 30 INCHES WIDE AND CONTAINS 1 1/2 FEET OF SULFIDE ORE THAT RUNS $6.50 TO THE TON. FORTY FEET EAST OF THE VEIN THE FOOTWALL RHYOLITE PORPHYRY CONTAINS A 100 FOOT WIDE ZONE OF STRINGERS, SOME OF WHICH ARE RICH. ORE SHIPPED IN 1911 RAN $17 IN GOLD AND 92 OUNCES SILVER TO THE TON, AND 12% LEAD, 4% IRON, 3% ZINC. A LATER SHIPMENT FROM ONE OF THE STRINGERS RAN $11.80 IN GOLD AND 190 OUNCES SILVER TO THE TON (SCHRADER, P 290).
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, FC, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947: NBMG FILE
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.
