The Blue Butte Prospect is a copper mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,499 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 1,499 Feet (457 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.53889, -114.27861
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Blue Butte Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Butte Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yuma
District: Fortuna District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Salton Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR MASSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: In This Vicinity, The Granite Is Extensively Sheeted By Several Systems Of Jointing Of Which The Most Prominent Dip Steeply And Strike N15w, S40w, And S40e.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: For Three Or Four Inches From The Vein, The Feldspars Of The Wall Rock Are Stained With Copper, And Thin Fractures Extending Out From The Vein Are Lined With Malachite And Hematite For Distances Up To One Foot
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Biotite
Comments
Comment (Location): LUKE AIR FORCE RANGE
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D.; 1933; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 201
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