Yellow Butte

Copper site, status unknown · Siskiyou County, California

UnknownCopperUndergroundUSGS MRDS

Section

What kind of site this is
SHAFTORE · COPPERLEVELSHEADFRAMESECTION · ILLUSTRATIVE

Drawn as an underground mine, reached by a shaft or tunnel and worked along the ore. The ore color stands for copper. Federal records note the kind of operation and its status, not its depth or layout, so this is a typical example rather than a survey of this site.

Location

StateCalifornia
CountySiskiyou
Coordinates41.54374, -122.25860

Commodities

PrimaryCopper
TertiaryLead, Molybdenum

Mine Details

StatusUnknown
TypeUnderground
Data SourceUSGS MRDS
Source ID10238610
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Nearest Recorded Sites

SiteDistanceCommodityStatus
Yellow Butte0.1 miCopper, MolybdenumOccurrence
Yellow Butte0.4 miMolybdenum, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Reported Occurrence0.8 miStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Rebecca De Boy Mine1.0 miCrushed, Broken Stone NECIntermittent
Yellow Butte Quarry1.4 miStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed Location near Lake Shastina, CA1.9 miSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Reported Occurrence4.6 miStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Shasta Group5.2 miStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Shasta Group5.2 miStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
B S B Cinder Pit6.1 miNickelProducer
Unnamed Location near Tennant, CA6.5 miStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Reported Area6.7 miGemstoneOccurrence

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