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Yellow Butte

Occurrence in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033950
MRDS ID M020602
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Butte
Related records 10238610

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.2561, 41.54428 (WGS84)
Relative position 12 MI NORTHEAST OF WEED; 15 MI FROM MONTAGUE ON NORTH SLOPE OF MOUNT SHASTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juniper Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shasta(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043N 004W 25 W2 California

Comments on the location information

  • AUBURY (1908) STATES A LOCATION IN 040N, 005W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result DUMP ASSAYED 3-5% MOS2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.2561, 41.54428
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N
    Dip 60 W
    Thickness 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS IN A WINDOW OF OLDER ROCK EXPOSED ON THE FLANK OF MOUNT SHASTA. HOST ROCK IS IN CONTACT WITH SCHIST. THIS INDICATES THAT THE DEPOSIT MAY BE OLDER THAN AND UNRELATED TO CASCADE VOLCANISM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 128.751HA

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT ABOUT 300 FT DEEP HAD BEEN RETIMBERED FOR 35-40 FT, DIP IS 70 DEG. SECTION AT COLLAR OF SHAFT; DIORITE FOOTWALL, 6 IN. QUARTZ, 3 FT DIORITE, 4 IN. QUARTZ, 8 FT DIORITE, 2 IN. QUARTZ, DIORITE HANGING WALL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1908, THE COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 50, P. 126.

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31 , NO. 3 , P. 273-274.

  • Deposit

    R.U. KING, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit MRDS RECORD D000390 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
Deposit THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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