Hutton

The Hutton is a silver and antimony mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,480 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

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Site Name

Primary: Hutton
Secondary: Bloody Canyon
Secondary: Red Star

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Antimony

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Candelaria District

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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

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Ownership

Owner Name: Metro-Dyne International,Inc.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1970

Owner Name: Hybert,L. Neal
Info Year: 1960

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Discovery Year: 1868
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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Stibnite
Unknown: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): GENERAL LOCATION:ABOUT 15 KM S OF IMLAY. GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: SMALL

Comment (Production): THE BLOODY CANYON MINE IS SECOND IN PRODUCTION TO THE SUTHE- RLAND MINE IN SB PRODUCTION.PRIMARY PRODUCTION PERIODS: 1907 AND 1917 - 1921.

References

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 61, 1963, 248 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 376. LAWRENCE, E. F. ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NV

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY BULLETIN 89, 1977, 115 PP.

Reference (Deposit): PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND

Reference (Deposit): 329. JOHNSON, M. G. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF

Reference (Deposit): V. 50, 1939, PP. 563-634.

Reference (Deposit): NORTHEASTERN HUMBOLDT RANGE, NEVADA. GEOL. SOC. AM. BULL.,

Reference (Deposit): 74. CAMERON, E. N. GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE

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.