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Ben Butler

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021053
MRDS ID DC14765
Record type Site
Current site name Ben Butler
Alternate or previous names Butler-Liberal

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.16052, 40.53744 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 0.5 MILES NW OF BINGHAM CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bingham Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 003W 22,27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS NOW BENEATH THE OPEN PIT MINE DUMPS, ELEVATION IS OF THE ORIGINAL PORTAL, CONSOLIDATION WITH LIBERAL MINE OCCURRED IN 1903.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME LEAD CARBONATE IN GOUGE.

Alteration

  • (Local) Bedrock Is Intensely Crushed And Fissured.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.16052, 40.53744
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Slip Planes (N 15 W - N 65 W), Fissure (N 50 - 65 W, Dip Sw) With Ore 1-2 Inches Thick

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE COUNTRY ROCK IS AN INTERBEDDED QUARTZITE, CALCAREOUS QUARTZITE, AND BLACK CALCAREOUS SHALE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Comments on the production information

  • NO QUANT. DATA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Mc Coy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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