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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. See [http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/r47/plate.pdf map] for details.</ref><ref>Frederick Leslie Ransom, "[http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0414/report.pdf Notes on Some Mining Districts in Humboldt County, Nevada]," USGS Bulletin 414, 1919.</ref>. | 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. See [http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/r47/plate.pdf map] for details.</ref><ref>Frederick Leslie Ransom, "[http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0414/report.pdf Notes on Some Mining Districts in Humboldt County, Nevada]," USGS Bulletin 414, 1919.</ref>. | ||
In 1909, copper was discovered at Red Butte <ref name="willden1963">Ronald Willden, "[http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1141d/report.pdf General Geology of the Jackson Mountains Humboldt County, Nevada]," Geological Survey Bulletin 1141-D, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1963</ref>. | |||
== Mines == | == Mines == | ||
Revision as of 03:40, 23 December 2014
The Red Butte Mining District is located on the south of the Jackson Range[1][2].
In 1909, copper was discovered at Red Butte [3].
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. See map for details.
- ↑ Frederick Leslie Ransom, "Notes on Some Mining Districts in Humboldt County, Nevada," USGS Bulletin 414, 1919.
- ↑ 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.
- 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.