Butternut Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027177
MRDS ID M002380
Record type Site
Current site name Butternut Mine
Related records 10259440

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.28463, 34.44227 (WGS84)
Elevation 1547
Relative position 4 MILES NW OF MAYER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poland Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012N 001E 08 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1740
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Same As N30a
    Rock description Same As N30a
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1740
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.28463, 34.44227

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N15e To N30e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Massive Sulfide Lenses Aligned Parallel To Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR STREAKS
    Strike N 50 E
    Dip 70NW
    Length 365.76M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to bottom 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphy

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN METARHYOLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1902
Year of last production 1946

Mining district

District name Big Bug District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. Tessard
    First year 1945

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M
    Overall length 365.76M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782 P. 142

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M.J. AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936 , ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , P. 101

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Production

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 140 , P. 101

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.