Big Butte

The Big Butte is a copper mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 1,099 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Big Butte  

State:  California

County:  San Bernardino

Elevation: 1,099 Feet (335 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 34.84167, -114.68250

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Big Butte MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Big Butte
Secondary: Copper Gulch


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: California
County: San Bernardino


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Production): 1940 , ONE CARLOAD VALUED AT $27/TON ORE ASSAYED AT 3.5 - 8 % CU AND $6 - 11 AU/TON

Comment (Workings): 125 FT. SHAFT, AND 600 FT. SHAFT, NUMEROUS SHORT TUNNELS AND OPEN CUTS.


References

Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943 , MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL 39 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 432 .

Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L. A. ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 6 (AP.)

Reference (Production): WRIGHT, L. A. ETAL, 1953 , P. 7 (AP)


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