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The Red Butte [[Mining]] District is located on the | The Red Butte [[Mining]] District is located on the south of the [[Jackson Range]]<ref name="Tingley1998">Joseph V. Tingley, "[http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/r47/r47.pdfh Mining Districts of Nevada]," Report 47, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1998, 2nd Edition. (Dead link, see [https://web.archive.org/web/20150221051144/http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/r47/r47.pdf Archive.org). See [http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/r47/plate.pdf map] for details.</ref><ref>Frederick Leslie Ransome, "[http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0414/report.pdf Notes on Some Mining Districts in Humboldt County, Nevada]," USGS Bulletin 414, 1919.</ref>. | ||
Lincoln (1923) states that the district was discovered by A. D. Ramel in 1907, antimony was found in 1909? though antimony ore shipped in 1905 and copper ore in 1916<ref>Francis Church Lincoln, "[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015011432807;view=1up;seq=116 Mining Districts and Mineral Resources of Nevada]," Verdi, Nev.: Nevada Newsletter Publishing Co., p. 102, 1923.</ref>. | |||
In 1909, copper was discovered at Red Butte <ref name="willden1963">Ronald Willden, "[http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1141d General Geology of the Jackson Mountains Humboldt County, Nevada]," Geological Survey Bulletin 1141-D, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1963</ref>. | |||
== Mines == | |||
* Green Elephant Mine | |||
* Krug Mine | |||
* Red Ball Mines | |||
* Red Butte Mine | |||
* Stroud Mine | |||
== References == | |||
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== External Resources == | == External Resources == | ||
* Helen S. Carlson, "[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Nevada_Place_Names/7GyVDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=bonita+springs+humboldt&pg=PT112&printsec=frontcover Nevada Place Names]," p. 56. Origin of Bonita Springs: Named by W. M. Anderson of Salt Lake City, see the [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100033062/bonita-springs-humboldt-county/ Reno Evening Gazette, September 24, 1907]. | |||
* Michael M. Hamilton, "[http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/mla/mla_10-87.pdf Mineral Resources of the South Jackson Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Humboldt County, Nevada]," 1987. Description of the Claudia Mine. | |||
* H.F. Bonham, Jr., L.J. Garside, R.B. Jones, K.G. Papke, J.Quade, and J.V. Tingle, [http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/of8503.pdf OF1985-03: A mineral inventory of the Paradise-Denio -- and Sonoma-Gerlach Resource Areas, Winnemucca District, Nevada]," p 133, 1985. | |||
* Craven Copper Co. | |||
** Walter Harvey Weed, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=QDwIAAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA1034&ots=uhnzdAXuid&dq=Craven%20Copper%20Co%20humboldt&pg=PA1034#v=onepage&q=Craven%20Copper%20Co%20humboldt&f=false The Mines Handbook: An Enlargement of the Copper Hand Book]," p. 1034, 1920. "Craven Copper Co. P. H. Craven pres. Property near Winnemucca, Humboldt County, slightly developed, said to carry high-grade copper ore. Idle during the war but operations to be resumed." | |||
** Nevada State Journal, "[http://newspaperarchive.com/nevada-state-journal/1941-11-03/page-3 Develops Ore in Red Butte Mines]," November 11, 1941. Article about Augustus D. Ramel, age 79, developing Claudia Group. Ramel is said to have discovered the Red Butte District in 1907. He owned the area that was formerly the Craven Copper Co. | |||
* [http://www.mindat.org/loc-36850.html Mindat] | * [http://www.mindat.org/loc-36850.html Mindat] | ||
** [http://www.mindat.org/loc-59641.html Low copper prospect] East Flank of Navajo Mountain | ** [http://www.mindat.org/loc-59641.html Low copper prospect] East Flank of Navajo Mountain | ||
** [http://www.mindat.org/loc-59640.html Low prospect] North and East Flank of Navajo Mountain | ** [http://www.mindat.org/loc-59640.html Low prospect] North and East Flank of Navajo Mountain | ||
** [http://www.mindat.org/loc-62180.html Prodigal mine] | ** [http://www.mindat.org/loc-62180.html Prodigal mine] | ||
** [ | ** [http://www.mindat.org/loc-59643.html Rattlesnake Canyon prospect] Sec22 T37N R30E [http://www.histopolis.com/Place/US/Mount_Diablo_Meridian/R30E/T37N map] [http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,2222 map] | ||
** [http://www.mindat.org/loc-59642.html Red Butte area prospects] West side of the [[Jackson Range]] | ** [http://www.mindat.org/loc-59642.html Red Butte area prospects] West side of the [[Jackson Range]] | ||
** [http://www.mindat.org/loc-62141.html Snowdrift Mine] | ** [http://www.mindat.org/loc-62141.html Snowdrift Mine] | ||
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* Rattlesnake Red Butte District Keystone Drilling Outfit 1912 (Postcard) Mining District Red Butte #13 | * Rattlesnake Red Butte District Keystone Drilling Outfit 1912 (Postcard) Mining District Red Butte #13 | ||
* Headframe and Engine Houe Copper Queen Min Red Butte Dist. | * Headframe and Engine Houe Copper Queen Min Red Butte Dist. | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:07, 19 April 2022
The Red Butte Mining District is located on the south of the Jackson Range[1][2].
Lincoln (1923) states that the district was discovered by A. D. Ramel in 1907, antimony was found in 1909? though antimony ore shipped in 1905 and copper ore in 1916[3].
In 1909, copper was discovered at Red Butte [4].
Mines
- Green Elephant Mine
- Krug Mine
- Red Ball Mines
- Red Butte Mine
- Stroud Mine
References
- ↑ Joseph V. Tingley, "Mining Districts of Nevada," Report 47, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1998, 2nd Edition. (Dead link, see Archive.org). See [http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/r47/plate.pdf map for details.
- ↑ Frederick Leslie Ransome, "Notes on Some Mining Districts in Humboldt County, Nevada," USGS Bulletin 414, 1919.
- ↑ Francis Church Lincoln, "Mining Districts and Mineral Resources of Nevada," Verdi, Nev.: Nevada Newsletter Publishing Co., p. 102, 1923.
- ↑ Ronald Willden, "General Geology of the Jackson Mountains Humboldt County, Nevada," Geological Survey Bulletin 1141-D, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1963
External Resources
- Helen S. Carlson, "Nevada Place Names," p. 56. Origin of Bonita Springs: Named by W. M. Anderson of Salt Lake City, see the Reno Evening Gazette, September 24, 1907.
- Michael M. Hamilton, "Mineral Resources of the South Jackson Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Humboldt County, Nevada," 1987. Description of the Claudia Mine.
- H.F. Bonham, Jr., L.J. Garside, R.B. Jones, K.G. Papke, J.Quade, and J.V. Tingle, OF1985-03: A mineral inventory of the Paradise-Denio -- and Sonoma-Gerlach Resource Areas, Winnemucca District, Nevada," p 133, 1985.
- Craven Copper Co.
- Walter Harvey Weed, "The Mines Handbook: An Enlargement of the Copper Hand Book," p. 1034, 1920. "Craven Copper Co. P. H. Craven pres. Property near Winnemucca, Humboldt County, slightly developed, said to carry high-grade copper ore. Idle during the war but operations to be resumed."
- Nevada State Journal, "Develops Ore in Red Butte Mines," November 11, 1941. Article about Augustus D. Ramel, age 79, developing Claudia Group. Ramel is said to have discovered the Red Butte District in 1907. He owned the area that was formerly the Craven Copper Co.
- Mindat
- Low copper prospect East Flank of Navajo Mountain
- Low prospect North and East Flank of Navajo Mountain
- Prodigal mine
- Rattlesnake Canyon prospect Sec22 T37N R30E map map
- Red Butte area prospects West side of the Jackson Range
- Snowdrift Mine
Photos at the Humboldt Historical Society
- Craven Copper Co 1918. Mining District Red Butt Mining District on West Slope of the Jackson Range Fifteen miles north of sulphur
- Headrame shaft house Craven COpper Co 1912
- Mining District, Red Butte, #3 (Postcard on back)
- Craven Copper Co Mine at Copper Queen Mine in Red Butte, NV, 1920
- Silver Lead Palmers about 1924 Jackson Mt East of Cravens and Red Butte Probably Matt Hovich
- Rattlesnake Red Butte District Keystone Drilling Outfit 1912 (Postcard) Mining District Red Butte #13
- Headframe and Engine Houe Copper Queen Min Red Butte Dist.