Mine detail: Butte Mine

Previously called 'Butte TunnelBute TunnelMichigan-Utah Mine'

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.59966, -111.60884
dep_id: 10014873
mrds_id: D011944
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead
Minor mineral: Copper, Manganese
Trace mineral: Molybdenum, Gold, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Gold, Malachite, Smithsonite, Wad, Wulfenite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Bleaching, Calc-Silicates, Minor Silicification, Oxidation
conc_proc: Precipitation From Fluids In A Fissure, Replacement Of Favorable Beds Adjacent To Fissure
ore_ctrl: Fissures Striking Northeast, Intersection Of Favorable Beds With Fissures
Reporter: Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Maxfield Limestone;Fitchville Formation
hrock_type: Limestone,Dolomite
arock_unit: Alta Stock;Diorite And Granodiorite Dikes
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hinge Line, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Grizzly Thrust Fault, Northeast Striking Fissure
tectonic: Cordilleran Hinge Line, Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
Year first produced: 1870
yr_lst_prd: 1880
disc_yr: 1869
References:
  • Deposit:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. NO. 114.
  • Deposit:: CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 201.
  • Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111.
  • Deposit:: BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
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