The Iron Butte Prospect is a mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Iron Butte Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Butte Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: C. E. Sullivan, Leland Casey
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1950
Discovery Method: 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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: N80e
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS 40 FEET ASSAYED 58.8% FE
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Geology): SKARN OCCURS ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN GRANITE AND LIMESTONE. THE LIMESTONE STRIKES E AND DIPS APPROXIMATELY VERTICALLY. NORTH-TRENDING FAULTS INTERSECT THE LIMESTONE AND IN PLACES CONTAIN SMALL PODS OF COPPER ORE, MAINLY AZURITE AND MALACHITE, BUT WITH SOME CHALCOPYRITE ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITE AND QUARTZ.
Comment (Commodity): REPLACEMENT
Comment (Location): SW CORNER OF T8N, R36E; NE BLANK OF GABBS VALLEY RANGE
Comment (Deposit): ORE ZONE 500 FEET LONG AND 10 TO 40 FEET WIDE FOUND IN TACTITE AND LIMESTONE ALONG CONTACT WITH GRANITIC ROCK; IT IS A REPLACEMENT OF A FAVORABLE BED. THE EASTERN 2/3 IS NARROW AND CONSISTS MAINLY OF VEINLETS AND PODS OF INTERMIXED MAGNETITE AND TACTITE. IN WESTERN 1/3 THE ZONE WIDENS TO ABOUT 40 FEET AND FOR LENGTH OF 200 FEET IS LARGELY IRON ORE WITH LITTLE WASTE.
References
Reference (Deposit): REEVES, SHAWE, KRAL, 1958, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 53-B
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
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.
