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Bully Chop Mine

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Iron
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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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103421
MRDS ID M023826
Record type Site
Current site name Bully Chop Mine
Alternate or previous names Bully Choop
Related records 10263480

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.78332, 40.55541 (WGS84)
Elevation 1661
Relative position 0.8 MI. W. SUMMIT OF BULLY CHOP MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bully Choop Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 008W 04,05,08,09 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. E 1/2 E 1/2 8, W 1/2 NW 1/4 9

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BEST ORE IN WHITE QUARTZ HEAVILY STAINED WITH YELLOW AND SOME RED OCHRE. ORE PANED WELL IN FREE GOLD.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.78332, 40.55541
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 90 TO 40 S
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK DESCRIBED AS NON-UNIFORM IN COMPOSITION. ORIGINAL ROCK THOUGHT TO BE DIORITES AND GABBROS. IN ONE WALL OF OCCIDENTAL VEIN WAS A DIKE OF 'BIRDS EYE PORPHYRY' WITH REMANENTS OF FELDSPAR CRYSTALS A QUARTER OF AN INCH LONG, IN GROUNDMASS OF BROWN MICACEOUS MATERIAL WITH SCHISTOSE STRUCTURE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Indian Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF WORKINGS. INCLUDES 300 FT. ADIT ON NO. 2 LEVEL DRIVEN FOR 300 FT. AND STOPED FOR LENGTH OF SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET TO WIDTH OF 3 FT. 300 FT. TO SOUTH, OCCIDENTAL VEIN CUT AND STOPED FOR LENGTH OF 200 FT., AND WIDTHS OF 15-20 FT. TO SURFACE ROUGHLY 150 FT. ABOVE. CONSIDERABLE WORK DONE ON NO. 3 LEVEL TO BULLY CHOOP VEIN. OPEN CUTS ON OCCIDENTAL CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. CHESTER, 1913, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 886

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 29, P. 15-17

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 114

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL VEINS. BULLY CHOP VEIN 3 FT. THICK. OCCIDENTAL VEIN CONSISTS OF QUARTZ-STRINGER ZONE. STRINGERS ARE ABOUT VERTICAL AND A FEW INCHES TO 2 FT. THICK. VUGS AND CAVITIES FILLED WITH OXIDES. ORE SHOOT 230 FT. LONG AND 6 FT. THICK.
Deposit PATENTED. 200 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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