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Upper Butler Prospect

Prospect in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Tin
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10260603
MRDS ID M020401
MAS/MILS ID 0060290698
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Butler Prospect
Alternate or previous names Tejon Tin Project - 00607
Related records 10033756

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.72922, 34.8403 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Liebre Ranch(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
Mount Diablo 009 N 017 W 30 S2SWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.72922, 34.8403
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 30N
    Thickness 1M
    Length 30M
    Width 16M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N50W:30N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942

Mining district

District name Gorman

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WIESE, H.H. & PAGE, L.R. TIN DEPOSITS OF THE GORMAN DIST.,

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, CALIF. CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 42, NO.

  • Deposit

    1, 1946, P. 31.

  • Deposit

    BEDFORD, R.H. & RICKER, S.R. INVESTIGATION OF THE HOGAN TIN

  • Deposit

    KERN COUNTY, CA.: USBM RI 4609, 1949, P. 1-10.

  • Deposit

    WIESE, J.H. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE NEENACH

  • Deposit

    QUAD, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 153, 1950,

  • Deposit

    P. 53.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 1, 1962, MAP NO.

  • Deposit

    547, P. 293; TABLE 25, P., 291.

  • Deposit

    GRAY, CH.H. TIN IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF CA.:

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 191, 1966, P. 422-425.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Raney, Russell G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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