Butler Mine

The Butler Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,250 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Butler Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 6,250 Feet (1,905 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 38.76583, -117.87778

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Butler Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Butler Mine
Secondary: Nevada-Chief Property


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Fairplay District


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: 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: Paradise Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Fault Striking N40e,Dip 53w


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: THE ORE WAS VALUED AT ABOUT $30 PER TON IN SILVER AND GOLD.


Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 280 FT (45 DEG) INCLINE SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 150, 225, AND 280 FT., STOPES, WINZE

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP

Comment (Production): UNKNOWN AMOUNT

Comment (Development): OPTIONED TO O.M. EMMONS IN 1913 AND DEVELOPED BY HIM


References

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

Reference (Deposit): SIRDEVAN,W.H.,1914, UNPUBLISHED NOTES ON PROSPECTS AT GOLDYKE: NBMG FILE 227, ITEM 1.

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 58


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.