The Gold Button Mine is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,760 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: 4,760 Feet (1,451 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.2819, -117.95860
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Gold Button Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Button Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Awakening District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: K. W Snyder And Pete Balison
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1982
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982. COMPILED BY
Reference (Deposit): STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF MINE OPERATIONS
Reference (Deposit): INDUSTRY 1981: SPL PUB MI-1981, 1982, 40 PP.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUMINES AND GEOLOGY. THE NEVADA MINERAL
Reference (Deposit): DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60 PP.
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.
