Mine detail: Queen Mine

Previously called 'Butterfield Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.49772, -112.1433

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Gold, Zinc, Copper
Ore:	Covellite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Butterfield Peaks Formation
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Limestone
Associated rock:	Monzonites
Associated type:	Monzonite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Fissures And Faults
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Sericitization, Dolomitization And Silicification

References

MRDS	DC14144
DEP	10102101
Reference	{Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 38, 410P.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, 672P.}{Deposit:: GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 173, 171P.}{Deposit:: STOKES, W.L., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHWESTERN UTAH: WILLIAM AND HEINTZ MAP CORPORATION, WASHINGTON 27, D.C.}
Reporter	Mohammad, Hasan