| 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: | -112.14636, 40.50105 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2362 |
| Relative position | 12,260 FT S68E OF CLIPPER PEAK |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Salt Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 004S | 003W | 02 | SW OF SW OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Talc | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Monzonite Porphyry | ||||||||
| Rock description | Monzonite Porphyry | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite |
| Rock unit name | Monzonite Porphyry |
| Rock description | Monzonite Porphyry |
| (1) | -112.14636, 40.50105 |
|---|
| 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) |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N15E |
| Dip | 55NW |
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 55NW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Bingham District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Smelting, Refining, And Mining Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kennecott Minerals Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC14262 |
BRAY E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRIST AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.
BUTLER, B.S.,ET.AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111, 672P.
BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.
| 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. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1981 | Mohammad, Hasan | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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