Mine detail: Butterfield S. Mines

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.50633, -112.10719
dep_id: 10012743
mrds_id: D008600
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
alteration: Dolomitization, And Silicification
conc_proc: Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Fissures
Reporter: Mohammad, Hasan
hrock_unit: Lower Butterfield
hrock_type: Quartzite,Limestone
arock_unit: Last Chance Stock;Volcanic Flows; And Volcanic Breccia
arock_type: Monzonite,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Trachyte
Structure: Basin And Range, Fractures, Fissures, Faults And Folds
tectonic: Sevier Orogenic Belt
References:
  • Deposit:: BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
  • Deposit:: COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.
  • Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111, 672P.
  • Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.
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