Mine detail: Butterfield Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.48772, -112.12136

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Oquirrh (Butterfield Member)
Host type:Quartzite
Associated rock:Teritary Intrusive Rocks
Associated type:Monzonite
Structure:Basin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
Tectonic:Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:Dolomitization And Silicification

References

MRDSD008511
DEP10087665
Reference{Deposit:: BRAY,E. R., WILSON, J.C., 1975,GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAN MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS}{Deposit:: COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAN MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.}{Deposit:: BUTTLER, B.S., ET.AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111.672P.}{Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAN MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P.38,410P.}
ReporterMohammad, Hasan