Jim Butler Tonopah Mining Co.

The Jim Butler Tonopah Mining Co. is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Jim Butler Tonopah Mining Co.
Secondary: Fraction No. 1 Shaft
Secondary: Fraction No. 2 Shaft
Secondary: Gold Hill Shaft
Secondary: Stone Cabin Shaft
Secondary: Wandering Boy Shaft
Secondary: Big Tono Shaft
Secondary: Good Enough Shaft

Commodity

Primary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Tonopah District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: L

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: San Antonio Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Wandering Boy Fault Striking Nw, Dipping 50 Sw, Gold Hill Fault Nw Striking Fault Cuts Veins

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization, Sericitization

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 20.400000+-0.600000
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 20.400000+-0.600000
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE COMPANY WAS ORGANIZED IN 1903. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): PROPERTY CONSIST OF 16 CLAIMS. UTM LOCATION IS OF THE WANDERING BOY SHAFT.

Comment (Deposit): ORE MINERALS OCCUR IN LENSES OR FILMS ON CRACKS OR CREVICES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE WANDERING BOY SHAFT, THE 300 FT BIG TONO SHAFT, THE 490 FT GOLD HILL SHAFT 238-FT FRACTION NO. 1 SHAFT, 400-FT FRACTION NO. 2 SHAFT.

Comment (Geology): IN FRACTION NO. 2 SHAFT IS A 3-FT VEIN STRIKING NE, DIPPING 40SE.

References

Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 149-164

Reference (Deposit): CARPENTER, JA, ET AL, 1953, HISTORY OF FIFTY YEARS OF MINING AT TONOPAH: NBMG BULL. 51

Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, TB, 1935, UNDERGROUND GEOL. OF TONOPAH MINING DIST.: NBMG BULL 23

Reference (Production): CARPENTER, ET AL, 1953, P. 149

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.