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Little Butte

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  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 10048707
MRDS ID MP25719
Record type Site
Current site name Little Butte

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.65312, 35.37277 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johannesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029S 040E 35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result VALUES RANGE FROM %25-$600/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.65312, 35.37277
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 45NE
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • RHYOLITE DIKES CUT SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rand District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Little Butte Mining And Milling Co., Los Angeles, California

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE WITH 9 LEVELS. TOTAL AMOUNT OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS AMOUNTS TO OVER SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 25, P. 39.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA DISTRICT OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN NO. 95, P. 137.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PARALLEL VEINS WITH HIGH GRADE ORE. SULFIDE ORE ENCOUNTERED ON THE 600-FT LEVEL. VEIN MATTER CONSISTS OF BRECCIATED SCHIST AND IRON-STAINED GOUGE.
Deposit 80 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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