Twin Buttes mine, Staggs Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
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| Twin Buttes mine | Mine |
| Staggs Mining District | Mining District |
| Pershing County | County |
| Nevada | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 29' 55'' North , 119° 0' 36'' West
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Sec 1 T30N R26E. Gold lead silver ore.
Deposit: Discovery year: 1930's main adit was driven on an east-bearing quartz vein in a south-dipping shear. The host rocks are black fine-grained metasediments, probably a siltstone. Sample 2857 was selected from new and old material on the dumps that included arsenopyrite, pyrite, and posssible silver/lead minerals. Discovered in the 1930's. Mined in the 1940's by an adit. A 15-ton gravity concentrator was built in 1942. Production included: for period 1941-42, 564 tons of ore with 598 oz gold, 7130 oz. Ag, 37,700 lb pb: for 1949, 26 tons ore with 28 oz. Au, 447 oz. Ag and 2,700 lb pb. ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 2 unpub rept; 3 field observ
Development: Mined in the 1940's and intermittently through the 1980's. In 1984, it was reported that new work had been done on the main shaft and on leach pads, As well As underground production within the last several years. Listed As an active heap leach gold operation in 1981, employing 2 persons; also active in 1980.
Ore(s): South-Dipping Shear Zone
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4 valid minerals.
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| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
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| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10103879 |
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