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Anaconda Prospect, Red Butte Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 6' 19'' North , 118° 35' 48'' West
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Imlay171 (2011)62.0km


Deposit: Exact location is unclear from description in ransome's text; "the anaconda prospect, situated on the ridge of the same name about a mile southwest of the camp and 400 to 500 feet higher." the camp at that time consisted of about 30 tents. ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 2 unpub rept; 3 field observ

Deposit type: Polymetallic veins

Development: The harris family controls 219 claims in the area of red butte mine-inactive in 1984, but watchman on property.

Geology: Native copper occurs along narrow seams and joints in the dike rock and to some extent, disseminated

Ore(s): Along Seams & Joints & Disseminated In Aplite Dike

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Copper
Formula: Cu
Reference: U.S. Geological Survey (2005) Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.

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Copper1.AA.05Cu

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Ransome, F. L., (1909), Notes on Some Mining Districts in Humboldt Co. Nv.; U.S.G.S. Full 414.
Willden, R., (1958), Cret. and Tert. Orogeny in Jackson Mtns., Humboldt Co., Nev; A.A.P.G. Bull. Vol. 42, No. 10.
NBMG Staff, (1985), NBMG Ofr 85-3.

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