Butterfield Nw Mines

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead, Barium-Barite, 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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020914
MRDS ID DC14262
Record type Site
Current site name Butterfield Nw Mines
Alternate or previous names Butterfield Group Claims: Northern Chief, Bemis, Hratt, Eagle Bird, Queen, Butterfield.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14636, 40.50105 (WGS84)
Elevation 2362
Relative position 12,260 FT S68E OF CLIPPER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bingham Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(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 SW OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Chloritization, And Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Monzonite Porphyry

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.14636, 40.50105

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Eagle Bird Fissure; A Zone Of Fracture Up To 40 Ft. Thick. (Ne-Sw; 10-85nw)

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N15E
    Dip 55NW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 55NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH VEINS OF CRYPTOCRYSTALLINE SILICA IN HOSTROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner U.S. Smelting, Refining, And Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kennecott Minerals Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • A 787 FT, 40-80 DEG. NW INCLINE WITH LEVELS AT 100, 300, 500, 600 AND 700 FT.; NUMEROUS DRIFTS, AND STOPES, MOSTLY IN INTRUSIVES. CONNECTS WITH QUEEN TUNNEL, LODE CUT BY BUTTERFIELD TUNNEL, BEMIS TUNNEL (478 FT. SE OF QUEEN) FOLLOWS THE BEMIS AND HRATT VEINS FOR 725 FT. BUTTERFIELD TUNNEL (1 MILE EAST OF QUEEN) STRIKES N60N FOR 8,766 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LIES ON A FAULTED BLOCK, IN HIGHLY DEFORMED AND ALTERED HOST ROCKS. MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES AND FRACTURES, AND IS CONFINED TO ALTERED ZONES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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