The Black Butte Mine is a mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 2,411 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,411 Feet (735 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 34.8042, -116.34110
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Black Butte Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Butte Mine
Secondary: Black Jack Claims
Secondary: Bobbie
Secondary: Sullivan
Secondary: Endline
Secondary: Big Reef Mine
Secondary: Hangover
Commodity
Tertiary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Calcium
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Silica
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Lavic
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Hubbard, William S.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1979
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1944
Discovery Year: 1938
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
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Psilomelane
Unknown: Pyrolusite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): MN CON IS 40% MN
Comment (Economic Factors): MARKET IS KAISER STEEL MILL AT FONTANA CA. CON SENT BY TRUCK TO PISGAH SIDING OF A.T. AND S.F. RR.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 39, 1943, P. 492-493.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, P. 114-115.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOL.. SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-476,
Reference (Deposit): 1966, P. 3 (TEXT).
Reference (Deposit): JENKINS, O.P., AND OTHERS. MANGANESE IN CALIFORNIA, CALIF.
Reference (Deposit): DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 125, 1943.
Reference (Deposit): TRASK, P.O. GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION OF MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA. CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 152, 1950.
Reference (Deposit): TRENGOVE, RUSSELL R. RECONNAISSANCE OF CALIFORNA MANGANESE
Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS. BUMINES RI 5579, 1960.
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY,
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: P. 138.
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