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Yellow Butte

Occurrence in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Molybdenum, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037069
MRDS ID M030174
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Butte

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.26249, 41.5479 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juniper Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shasta(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 043N 004W 25 California

Comments on the location information

  • LAT/LONG ESTIMATED FOR TOP OF YELLOW BUTTE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Analytical data

Result DUMP ASSAYS 3.0 % TO 5.0 % MO

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.26249, 41.5479
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KING, R.U.; USGS; (UNPUB DATA)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Theodore, Ted G. U.S. Geological Survey REPLACING LOST LOCATION.
Updater 12-NOV-1997 Oland, G. P. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey OLAND AND ORRIS MERGED RECORDS
Editor 08-MAY-1998 Mason, George U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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