The Big Bend is a zinc and copper mine located in Butte county, California.
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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
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Big Bend MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Bend
Secondary: Evening Star
Secondary: Pinkston
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Butte
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: E. F. Allingham
Home Office: Rt.1, Oroville, Ca.
Production
Year: 1945
Time Period: - 1945
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^12 % Zn, 2 % Cu, .2 % Pb
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): 134 FT SHAFT AND A 360 FT SHAFT, 472 FT OF DRIFTS.
Comment (Production): INDIVIDUAL COMMODITY INFO. FROM SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., VOL. 2 , P. 63 .
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1943 ; STRATEGIC MINERALS, SACRAMENTO DISTRICT: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39 , NO. 3 , DIV. OF MINES, P. 312 - 313 .
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 ; LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 423
Reference (Production): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957
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