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Butte Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035262
MRDS ID M022549
Record type Site
Current site name Butte Mine
Alternate or previous names Hillside
Related records 10115150

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.56592, 35.74637 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE NW OF SUMMIT LODGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alta Sierra(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Poso(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sequoia National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025S 032E 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • S 1/2 SW 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Clinozoisite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.56592, 35.74637
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE ROOF PENDANT COMPOSED OF COARSELY CRYSTALLINE WHITE MARBLE CONTAINING SHALY PARTINGS: THESE STRIKE N 60 E, DIP 83 SE. UNDERLYING THE ROOF PENDANT IS MEDIUM-GRAINED HORNBLENDE QUARTZ DIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1952 - 1956

Mining district

District name Greenhorn Summit Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Period - 1956
    Material ORE APP
    Description Cp_Grade: ^.65 - 1.0% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • IRREGULAR OPEN CUT. ABOUT 50 FT. WIDE, 50 FT. HIGH AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. LONG. TWO ADITS, NOW CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TROXEL, B. W., AND MORTON, P. K., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT 1, P. 298, 313

  • Production

    TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL OTHER PROPERTIES ARE LOCATED ALONG THE CONTACTS OF THIS SAME ROOF PENDANT INCLUDE THE WOOD NO. 7, LUCKY STRIKE GOOD ENOUGH AND WOOD-OWL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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