Mine detail: Butterfield Se Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.48966, -112.12302

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
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:	Tertiary Intrusive Rocks
Associated type:	Monzonite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization, And Silicification

References

MRDS	D008512
DEP	10097826
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 DISTRIST AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.}{Deposit:: BUTTLER, B.S.,ET. AL.,1920, YHE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. UUU, 672P.}{Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAN MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38,410P.}
Reporter	Mohammad, Hasan