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Middle Butte Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048713
MRDS ID MP25728
Record type Site
Current site name Middle Butte Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.26897, 34.95778 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willow Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(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
San Bernardino 010N 013W 16 SW4 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.26897, 34.95778
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N26W
    Dip 35NE
    Thickness 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • K4: GANGUE:QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Middle Butte Mine, Inc. Santa Ana, California
    First year 1949

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION SAID TO BE IN EXCESS OF $150,000. ORE AVERAGED $70/TON. NO SPECIFIC RECORDS FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE SHOOT WAS MINED FROM SURFACE TO 80 FT ON DIP, 150 FT IN LENGTH, 8 FT IN THICKNESS. CONSIDERABLE EXPLORATION WORK BELOW STOPE FAILED TO DISCLOSE DOWNWARD EXTENSION OF ORE SHOOT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., SAMPSON, R.J., AND OAKESHOTT, G.B., 1949, MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 45, NO. 2, P. 229, PL. 17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 6-8 FT IN THICKNESS. ORE SHOOT 150 FT LONG. GOLD OCCUR FREE AND FINELY DISSEMINATED THROUGH BRECCIATED VEIN.
Deposit 160 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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