Butterfield Mine

Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107869
MRDS ID D003026
Record type Site
Current site name Butterfield Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.13413, 40.49994 (WGS84)
Elevation 1836

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.13413, 40.49994

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Larf

Production statistics

  • Year 1951
    Period 1932 - 1951
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^6.14 % Pb, 3.24 % Zn, 10.02 Oz Ag, 0.14 Oz Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 4g/mt
    Major Ore Silver Silver 317g/mt
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 3wt-pct
    Major Ore Lead Lead 6wt-pct

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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