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Butterfield Group

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. Host and associated rocks
  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 10102111
MRDS ID DC14258
Record type Site
Current site name Butterfield Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14663, 40.49938 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 MI. SOUTH OF OPEN PIT CENTER IN BLACK-JACK AND PORCUPINE GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lowe Peak(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 02 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE: NORTHERN CHIEF, BEMIS, HIATT, EAGLE BIRD, QUEEN AND BUTTERFIELD. THE NORTHERN CHIEF, EAGLE BIRD AND QUEEN IS DISCUSSED SEPERATELY.; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.14663, 40.49938
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Quartzite In Black-Jack Gulch (Ne-Sw, Nw), Fracture Planes (Ne-Sw, 40 - 85 Nw)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Comments on the workings information

  • BEMIS TUNNEL ( 475 FT SE OF QUEEN ) FOLLOWS THE BEMIS AND HIATT VEIN FOR 725 FT. BUTTERFIELD TUNNEL ( 1 MI. E OF QUEEN ) STRIKES N 60 , 28 FT. W FOR 8,766 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 38. P. 325

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. YEARBOOK 1941-1964.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-26-1958

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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