The Middle Butte Mine is a gold mine located in Kern county, California.
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Mine Info
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Middle Butte Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Middle Butte Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Kern
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Middle Butte Mine, Inc. Santa Ana, California
Years: 1949 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION SAID TO BE IN EXCESS OF $150,000. ORE AVERAGED $70/TON. NO SPECIFIC RECORDS FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, 6-8 FT IN THICKNESS. ORE SHOOT 150 FT LONG. GOLD OCCUR FREE AND FINELY DISSEMINATED THROUGH BRECCIATED VEIN.
Comment (Workings): ORE SHOOT WAS MINED FROM SURFACE TO 80 FT ON DIP, 150 FT IN LENGTH, 8 FT IN THICKNESS. CONSIDERABLE EXPLORATION WORK BELOW STOPE FAILED TO DISCLOSE DOWNWARD EXTENSION OF ORE SHOOT.
Comment (Geology): K4: GANGUE:QUARTZ
Comment (Deposit): 160 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., SAMPSON, R.J., AND OAKESHOTT, G.B., 1949, MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 45, NO. 2, P. 229, PL. 17
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