Butterfield S. Mines

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
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 10012743
MRDS ID D008600
Record type Site
Current site name Butterfield S. Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10719, 40.50633 (WGS84)
Relative position 7700 FT. S 23 W FROM LARK IN BUTTERFIELD CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copperton(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)

Federal lands

Military Reservation(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
004S 002W 06 NE OF OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY FALLS ON CAMP WILLIAMS STATE MILITARY RESERVATION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization, And Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
    Rock unit name Last Chance Stock;Volcanic Flows; And Volcanic Breccia
    Rock description Last Chance Stock;Volcanic Flows; And Volcanic Breccia
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Lower Butterfield
    Rock description Lower Butterfield
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10719, 40.50633

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Strike NE TO SW
    Dip 30 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINS ARE COMMON IN WALLROCKS. ORE MINERALS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS. HOST ROCKS ARE INTRUDED BY IGNEOUS ROCKS.

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 Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kennecott Minerals Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE ADITS COLLAPSED, INACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111, 672P.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE DEPOSIT LIES ON FISSURES TRENDING NORTHEASTWARD AND SOUTHERWESTWARD THROUGH BOTH INTRUSIVES AND QUARTZITES/LIMESTONES. THE WALLROCKS ARE SHEARED AND ALTERED.
Deposit LATITIC ROCKS ARE PRINCIPALLY MEDIUM-GRAY TO MEDIUM-GREENISH-GRAY 'LORNBLENDE-LATITES' AND HORNBLENDE-BIOTITE LATITES.' VOLCANIC BREECIA CONSISTS OF SUBANGULAR TO SUB-ROUNDED LITHIC FRAGMENTS COMMONLY UP TO 2 INCHES IN LENGTH, SET IN A DENSE MOSTLY APHANITIC LATITE MATRIX. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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