The Red Butte District is a copper mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Red Butte District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Butte District
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: RED BUTTE DISTRICT
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: VEINS AND DISSEMINATIONS
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: OXIDATION
Alteration Text: OXIDATION, STRONG
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1958, CRET. AND TRET. OROGENY IN JACKSON MTNS., HUMBOLDT CO, NEV; A.A.P.G. BULL., VOL. 42, NO. 10.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT CO. NEV; US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 41
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F. L., 1909, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT CO, NEV: U.S.G.S. BULL. 414
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO, NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 59.
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.
