Mine detail: Butler Estate Mine

Previously called 'MistakenHolmanJames-Thickstun Mines'

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Location: Fresno County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.31217, -120.54792
dep_id: 10043384
mrds_id: M100121
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chromite, Uvarovite
gangue: Antigorite, Calcite, Chrysotile, Magnesite, Magnetite, Talc
orebody_fm: PIPE, LENSES
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.)
hrock_unit: Panoche Shale;Franciscan Formation
hrock_type: Dunite,Serpentinite
Structure: Serpentine In Fault Contact With Shale. Fault Dips Steeply To The South.
disc_yr: 1951
References:
  • Deposit:: STINSON, M. C., 1976, MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, CDMG UNPUBLISHED REPORT.
  • Deposit:: CDMG SR 71, 19 P.
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