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Middle Butte Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Uranium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10139571
MRDS ID W023943
MAS/MILS ID 0060290268
Record type Site
Current site name Middle Butte Mine
Alternate or previous names Rosamond Clay, Trent
Related records 10076747

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.26921, 34.9581 (WGS84)
Elevation 981
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willow Springs(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 010 N 013 W 16 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.26921, 34.9581
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Comments on the workings information

  • FRESH WATER POND IS LOCATED OUTSIDE FENCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 1, 1962, P. 117.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, V. III-SOUTHERN

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA, 1964, P. 53.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1978, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA-CALIFORNIA-

  • Deposit

    NEVADA: P. 87.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAR-1992 Raney, Russell G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.