Upper Butler Prospect

The Upper Butler Prospect is a mine located in Kern county, California at an elevation of 3,599 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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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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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