Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
SecondaryLead, Gold
TertiaryArsenic, Antimony, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlBrecciated Fault Zone (N. Extension Of Butte Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Galena, Pyrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockGreenstone,Shale · Scott Canyon Formation
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
StructureValmy And Dewitt Thrust Faults, Complex; Multiple Faulting Nw And Ne-Trend
AlterationStrong Alteration Of Porphyry Dike.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1906
Discovery year1906
Identification
Deposit ID10044046
MRDS IDM231365
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.56657, -117.10594
References
HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA; U.S.G.S. BULL 594STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88ROBERTS, 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OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 459-BJOHNSON, A.T., 1906, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE NORTH BUTTE PROPERTY ON FILE AT NEVADA BUREAU OF MINESROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965