The Yellow Butte is a copper and molybdenum mine located in Siskiyou county, California.
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Mine Info
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Yellow Butte MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Butte
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Middle Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: DUMP ASSAYED 3-5% MOS2
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): AUBURY (1908) STATES A LOCATION IN 040N, 005W
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT ABOUT 300 FT DEEP HAD BEEN RETIMBERED FOR 35-40 FT, DIP IS 70 DEG. SECTION AT COLLAR OF SHAFT; DIORITE FOOTWALL, 6 IN. QUARTZ, 3 FT DIORITE, 4 IN. QUARTZ, 8 FT DIORITE, 2 IN. QUARTZ, DIORITE HANGING WALL.
Comment (Deposit): THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS IN A WINDOW OF OLDER ROCK EXPOSED ON THE FLANK OF MOUNT SHASTA. HOST ROCK IS IN CONTACT WITH SCHIST. THIS INDICATES THAT THE DEPOSIT MAY BE OLDER THAN AND UNRELATED TO CASCADE VOLCANISM
Comment (Deposit): NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORD D000390 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
References
Reference (Deposit): AUBURY, L.E., 1908, THE COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 50, P. 126.
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31 , NO. 3 , P. 273-274.
Reference (Deposit): R.U. KING, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB DATA
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