Butterfield Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Iron
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 10087665
MRDS ID D008511
Record type Site
Current site name Butterfield Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12136, 40.48772 (WGS84)
Elevation 1878
Relative position 11300 FT S 73 W OF SHAGGY PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tickville Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(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 004S 003W 12 NE OF SE OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization And Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Teritary Intrusive Rocks
    Rock description Teritary Intrusive Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Oquirrh (Butterfield Member)
    Rock description Oquirrh (Butterfield Member)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.12136, 40.48772

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures And Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N40E
    Dip 25 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Fractures

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kennecott Minerals Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.263HA
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 36.58M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.

  • Deposit

    BUTTLER, B.S., ET.AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111.672P.

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAN MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P.38,410P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Mohammad, Hasan Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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