USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Placer County
Butts Mine
Unconfirmed Gold Underground
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Placer
- Mining district
- Ophir
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former lode Au-Pb occurrence/mine located in the NE¼NW¼ & NW¼NE¼ (estimated) sec. 21, T12N, R8E, MDM, 1.8 km (1.1 mile) SSW of Auburn, on the W ridge of Baltimore Ravine, N of Dutch Ravine and S of Interstate highway 80 and the Southern Pacific Railr…
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Quartz
- Galena
- Gold
- Galena
- Native Gold
- Quartz
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 85160
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (3)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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Historical mapped workings available