Mine detail: Butterfield S. Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

40.50633, -112.10719

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
Ore:	Anglesite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite, Talc

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Lower Butterfield
Host type:	Quartzite,Limestone
Associated rock:	Last Chance Stock;Volcanic Flows; And Volcanic Breccia
Associated type:	Monzonite,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Trachyte
Structure:	Basin And Range, Fractures, Fissures, Faults And Folds
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization, And Silicification

References

MRDS	D008600
DEP	10012743
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Mohammad, Hasan