The Bully Chop Mine is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 5,449 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,449 Feet (1,661 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.55556, -122.78222
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Bully Chop Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bully Chop Mine
Secondary: Bully Choop
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
District: Indian Creek
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): BEST ORE IN WHITE QUARTZ HEAVILY STAINED WITH YELLOW AND SOME RED OCHRE. ORE PANED WELL IN FREE GOLD.
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL VEINS. BULLY CHOP VEIN 3 FT. THICK. OCCIDENTAL VEIN CONSISTS OF QUARTZ-STRINGER ZONE. STRINGERS ARE ABOUT VERTICAL AND A FEW INCHES TO 2 FT. THICK. VUGS AND CAVITIES FILLED WITH OXIDES. ORE SHOOT 230 FT. LONG AND 6 FT. THICK.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF WORKINGS. INCLUDES 300 FT. ADIT ON NO. 2 LEVEL DRIVEN FOR 300 FT. AND STOPED FOR LENGTH OF SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET TO WIDTH OF 3 FT. 300 FT. TO SOUTH, OCCIDENTAL VEIN CUT AND STOPED FOR LENGTH OF 200 FT., AND WIDTHS OF 15-20 FT. TO SURFACE ROUGHLY 150 FT. ABOVE. CONSIDERABLE WORK DONE ON NO. 3 LEVEL TO BULLY CHOOP VEIN. OPEN CUTS ON OCCIDENTAL CLAIM
Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCK DESCRIBED AS NON-UNIFORM IN COMPOSITION. ORIGINAL ROCK THOUGHT TO BE DIORITES AND GABBROS. IN ONE WALL OF OCCIDENTAL VEIN WAS A DIKE OF 'BIRDS EYE PORPHYRY' WITH REMANENTS OF FELDSPAR CRYSTALS A QUARTER OF AN INCH LONG, IN GROUNDMASS OF BROWN MICACEOUS MATERIAL WITH SCHISTOSE STRUCTURE.
Comment (Deposit): PATENTED. 200 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. E 1/2 E 1/2 8, W 1/2 NW 1/4 9
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 114
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G. CHESTER, 1913, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 886
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1933, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 29, P. 15-17
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