Mine detail: Butternut Mine

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.44227, -112.28463
dep_id: 10027177
mrds_id: M002380
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Copper, Silver
Trace mineral: Zinc, Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
other_matl: Pyrite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR STREAKS
work_type: Underground
alteration: Chloritization, Sericitization
conc_proc: Oxidation At Near Surface
ore_ctrl: Stratigraphy
Reporter: Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Dewitt, Ed H.
hrock_type: Tuff,Rhyolite
arock_unit: Same As N30a
arock_type: Tuff,Rhyolite
Structure: Foliation In Precambrian Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N15e To N30e, Massive Sulfide Lenses Aligned Parallel To Foliation
Year first produced: 1902
yr_lst_prd: 1946
References:
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 782 P. 142
  • Deposit:: ELSING, M.J. AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936 , ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , P. 101
  • Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
  • Production:: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 140 , P. 101
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