Butterfield Se Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Iron
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 10097826
MRDS ID D008512
Record type Site
Current site name Butterfield Se Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12302, 40.48966 (WGS84)
Elevation 1817
Relative position 11,600 FT S 78 W OF SHAGGY PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tickville Spring(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 004 003W 12 SW OF NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Dolomite 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
    Rock unit name Tertiary Intrusive Rocks
    Rock description Tertiary Intrusive Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Oquirrh (Butterfield Member)
    Rock description Oquirrh (Butterfield Member)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.12302, 40.48966

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N45E
    Dip 30NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONES ARE DARKGRAY TO BLACK, WEATHERING LIGHT GRAY BLUE WITH A SMOOTH SURFACE, VERY FINE GRAINED, THIN BEDDED TO PLATY, WITH SOME SILT STRINGERS AND SMALL 1/2" TO 1" INCH DIAMETER BLACK ROUNDED GLOBULAR NODULES; QUARTZITES ARE LIGHT GRAY, AND FINE GRANINED; VEINS OF CALCITE AND QUARTZ ARE COMMON IN HOSTROCKS

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kennecott Minerals Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL EXTENDS N 60 DEG. 28 MIN. W, WITH AN ABSOLUTELY STRAIGHT COURSE FOR 8,766 FEET; LIES ALMOST IMMEDIATELY UNDER THE QUEEN TUNNEL ON ITS INNER COURSE; CAVED AND INACCESSBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BUTTLER, B.S.,ET. AL.,1920, YHE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. UUU, 672P.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WALLROCKS ARE SHATTERED AND BRECCIATED; MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES AND FRACTURES, AND IS LOCALIZED IN ALTERED ZONES, AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS.
Deposit THE SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE OF OQUIRRH FORMATION (BUTTERFIELD MEMBER) IS INTRUDED BY YERTIARY INTRUSIVES (MONZONITE OR GRANITE) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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External references