The Little Butte Mine is a gold mine located in La Paz county, Arizona.
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Little Butte Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Butte Mine
Secondary: Little Butte Copper Mine
Secondary: Arizona Pride
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Northern Plomosa District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Fischer Watt Mining Co.
Years: 1986 -
Production
Year: 1955
Time Period: 1900-1955
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.45 Oz Au/Ton, 0.16 Oz Ag/Ton, 2% Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Specularite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): DURING 1984-1986 PERIOD, FISCHER WATT PERFORMED GEOLOGIC MAPPING, A GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY, AND IDENTIFIED DRILL TARGETS AT THIS SITE.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION ALONG LOW-ANGLE FAULTS.
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ALONG LOW-ANGLE FAULTS
Comment (Production): IN 1910 22 CARS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED AVERAGING 7.6% CU; 28.9% FE; 32.4% INSOLUBLE; 2.4 OZ. OF AG; $6.65 IN GOLD TO THE TON.
References
Reference (Deposit): BANCROFT, HOWLAND; 1911; ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 451, P. 93
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M.; 1964; RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON RESOURCES IN ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8236 P. 64
Reference (Deposit): ELSING, M.J.; HEINEMAN, R.E.S.; 1936; ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 170
Reference (Deposit): NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104; U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 451, P. 94. (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978
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