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Big Butte

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034009
MRDS ID M020681
Record type Site
Current site name Big Butte
Alternate or previous names Copper Gulch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.68331, 34.84169 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Relative position 6 MILES WEST OF NEEDLES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Needles SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 009N 022E 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.68331, 34.84169
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip VERTICAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • 1940 , ONE CARLOAD VALUED AT $27/TON ORE ASSAYED AT 3.5 - 8 % CU AND $6 - 11 AU/TON

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • 125 FT. SHAFT, AND 600 FT. SHAFT, NUMEROUS SHORT TUNNELS AND OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943 , MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL 39 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 432 .

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A. ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 6 (AP.)

  • Production

    WRIGHT, L. A. ETAL, 1953 , P. 7 (AP)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative California resources

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