The Butternut Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,075 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,075 Feet (1,547 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.44222, -112.28389
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Butternut Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Butternut Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Big Bug District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: G. Tessard
Years: 1945 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
Year Last Production: 1946
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR STREAKS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N15e To N30e
Type: L
Description: Massive Sulfide Lenses Aligned Parallel To Foliation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization, Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1740.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1740.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN METARHYOLITE
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782 P. 142
Reference (Deposit): ELSING, M.J. AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936 , ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , P. 101
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Production): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 140 , P. 101
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