Red Buttes

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015806
MRDS ID DB02051
Record type Site
Current site name Red Buttes
Related records 10276033

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.77503, 41.65602 (WGS84)
Elevation 1996
Relative position 1 1/4 MILES WNW OF INGHAM PEAK IN INGHAM CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ingham Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grouse Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011N 017W 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • N 1/2 SE SE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale > Black Shale
    Rock unit name Chainman Shale-Diamond Peak Formation
    Rock description Chainman Shale-Diamond Peak Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.77503, 41.65602

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rosebud Mining District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • ONLY A CARLOAD OR TWO IF SOME WAS PRODUCED

Comments on the workings information

  • MOSTLY INACCESSIBLE; 3 TO 4 ADITS AND SOME SHALLOW DIGGINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS IN SHALE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.