Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver, Gold
SecondaryCopper
TertiaryAntimony, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlVeins Parallel Major N-S Faults & Pikes
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Cerargyrite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockShale,Chert · Scott Canyon Formation
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
StructureThrust Faults, N-S Faults; Butte Fault Zone
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1866
Discovery year1866
Identification
Deposit ID10043995
MRDS IDM231309
Alternate namesGold Butte Mines
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.55712, -117.10233
References
STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88VANDERBURG, W.O., 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO, NEV.; USBM INF. CIRC. 7043ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459.B.STEWART, MCKEE AND STAGER, 1977