Mine detail: Big Bend

Previously called 'Evening StarPinkston'

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Location: Butte County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.69155, -121.43244
dep_id: 10028479
mrds_id: M005462
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Zinc
Minor mineral: Gold, Silver, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
work_type: Underground
model: 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Reporter: Gere, W., Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.)
hrock_type: Greenstone,Schist
prod_yrs: 1942 - 1945
References:
  • Deposit:: AVERILL, C.V., 1943 ; STRATEGIC MINERALS, SACRAMENTO DISTRICT: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39 , NO. 3 , DIV. OF MINES, P. 312 - 313 .
  • 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
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