The Upper Butler Prospect is a mine located in Kern county, California at an elevation of 3,599 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: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 34.8403, -118.72830
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Upper Butler Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Upper Butler Prospect
Secondary: Tejon Tin Project - 00607
Commodity
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Gorman
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1942
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Tourmaline
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Cassiterite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): WIESE, H.H. & PAGE, L.R. TIN DEPOSITS OF THE GORMAN DIST.,
Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, CALIF. CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 42, NO.
Reference (Deposit): 1, 1946, P. 31.
Reference (Deposit): BEDFORD, R.H. & RICKER, S.R. INVESTIGATION OF THE HOGAN TIN
Reference (Deposit): KERN COUNTY, CA.: USBM RI 4609, 1949, P. 1-10.
Reference (Deposit): WIESE, J.H. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE NEENACH
Reference (Deposit): QUAD, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 153, 1950,
Reference (Deposit): P. 53.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 1, 1962, MAP NO.
Reference (Deposit): 547, P. 293; TABLE 25, P., 291.
Reference (Deposit): GRAY, CH.H. TIN IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF CA.:
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 191, 1966, P. 422-425.
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