Muttlebury Mine

The Muttlebury Mine is a lead, antimony, and silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,299 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Muttlebury Mine
Secondary: Old Tiger
Secondary: Case Card
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2587

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Muttlebury 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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Richardson, Warren B.
Home Office: Reno, Nv
Years: 1957 -

Owner Name: Margrave, Frank
Home Office: Reno, Nv
Years: 1957 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Thrust Fault

Type: L
Description: Thrust Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Considerable Gypsum Present

Rocks

Name: Black Shale
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SB FROM TRACE TO 21.87% IN ORE

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Jamesonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT IS INTERBEDDED LIMESTONE AND SHALE THAT MAKE UP THE LOWER PLATE OF A LARGE THRUST FAULT. THE ORE IS IN A QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN INCHES IN WIDTH AND LOCALLY DIVIDES INTO STRINGERS THAT FORM A SHEETED ZONE UP TO 48 IN WIDE. VEIN OCCURS IN BRECCIATED LIMESTONE AND SHALE JUST BELOW THRUST CONTACT. VEIN TRENDS NE AND DIPS 20-30 SW, VARYIN-G FROM A FEW CM TO 0.75 M IN WIDTH. MUCH OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE- STIBNITE COULD BE JAMESONITE INSTEAD. ALSO, NO GALENA WAS SEE-N (IN 1985) SO LEAD CONTENT COULD BE DUE TO JAMESONITE, AS WEL-L AS ANTIMONY IN ORE.

Comment (Deposit): MUTTLEBURY MINE WAS WORKED BETWEEN 1910 AND 1919 AND ABOUT 40 CARS OF AG-PB-SB ORE WAS SHIPPED. MINE OPENINGS INCLUDE FOUR ADITS, BUT ALL MINING WAS DONE FROM INTERCONNECTED WORKINGS OF THE NORTHERN TWO ADITS. THE MUTTLEBURY MINE IS INTERBEDDED LIMESTONE AND SHALE THAT MAKE UP THE LOWER PLATE OF A LARGE THRUST FAULT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Workings): MINE OPENINGS INCLUDE FOUR ADITS, BUT ALL MINING WAS DONE FROM INTERCONNECTED WORKINGS OF THE NORTHERN TWO ADITS.

Comment (Geology): THE ORE IS IN A QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN VARYING 4 TO 24 INCHES IN WIDTH AND LOCALLY DIVIDES INTO STRINGERS THAT FORM A SHEETED ZONE UP TO 48 INCHES WIDE.

Comment (Location): NE 1/4, NW 1/4, NE 1/4 SEC 2

Comment (Production): 14 TONS ORE WITH 33/OZ AG, 200 LB PB IN 1939-ONLY RECORDED PRODUCTION.

Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY IN 1985; LONG IDLE

References

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM 1C 6902

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F. JR., 18 JUL 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL 61

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.