| Deposit ID | 10097826 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008512 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Butterfield Se Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.12302, 40.48966 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1817 |
| Relative position | 11,600 FT S 78 W OF SHAGGY PEAK |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Salt Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 004 | 003W | 12 | SW OF NE OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Talc | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Tertiary Intrusive Rocks | ||||||||
| Rock description | Tertiary Intrusive Rocks | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Oquirrh (Butterfield Member) |
| Rock description | Oquirrh (Butterfield Member) |
| (1) | -112.12302, 40.48966 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fissures And Fractures |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N45E |
| Dip | 30NW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Bingham District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kennecott Minerals Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008512 |
BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAN MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAN MINING DISTRIST AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.
BUTTLER, B.S.,ET. AL.,1920, YHE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. UUU, 672P.
BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAN MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38,410P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WALLROCKS ARE SHATTERED AND BRECCIATED; MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES AND FRACTURES, AND IS LOCALIZED IN ALTERED ZONES, AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS. |
| Deposit | THE SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE OF OQUIRRH FORMATION (BUTTERFIELD MEMBER) IS INTRUDED BY YERTIARY INTRUSIVES (MONZONITE OR GRANITE) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1981 | Mohammad, Hasan | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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