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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

  1. Joseph V. Tingley, "Mining Districts of Nevada," Report 47, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1998, 2nd Edition. See map for details.
  2. Frederick Leslie Ransom, "Notes on Some Mining Districts in Humboldt County, Nevada," USGS Bulletin 414, 1919.
  3. 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

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.