Mine detail: Red Buttes

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

41.65602, -113.77503

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Gold, Silver
Gangue:	Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Chainman Shale-Diamond Peak Formation
Host type:	Black Shale,Limestone
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Limonitization

References

MRDS	DB02051
DEP	10015806
Reference	{Deposit:: BUTLER, B. S., 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS IN UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER III.}{Deposit:: DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.}{Deposit:: 1920 RECON B. S. BUTLER, PROF. PAPER II}{Production:: DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION}
Reporter	Doelling, Hellmut H.