The Butterfield Canyon Mines is a lead and zinc mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 8,599 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,599 Feet (2,621 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 40.50833, -112.10250
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Butterfield Canyon Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Butterfield Canyon Mines
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Bingham District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Kennecott Minerals Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization, Silicification, Argillization, Biotitization, Chloritization, Etc.
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Deposit): ORE DEPOSITS LIE IN HIGHLY SHEARED AND BRECCIATED HOSTROCKS. ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS.
Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS; COLLAPSED; VARIOUS SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES.
Comment (Geology): THE ORE LIES WITHOUT ENCEPTION ON FISSURES WHICH TREND NORTHEASTWARD AND SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH BOTH INTRUSIVES AND QUARTZITES/LIMESTONE.
Comment (Deposit): LATITE INTRUSIVES ARE YOUNGER THAN THE SURROUNDING VOLCANIC HOW ROCKS AND BRECCIAS. LATITIC ROCKS AR PRINCIPALLY MEDIUM-GRAY TO MEDIUM-GREENISH-GRAY 'HORNBLENDE-LATITES' AND 'HORNBLENDE-BIOTITE LATITES' THAT WEATHER TARNISH TO BROWNISH GRAY. VOLCANIC BRECCIA CONSISTS OF SUBANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED LITHIC FRAGMENTS, COMMONLY UP TO 2 INCHES IN LENGTH, SET IN A DENSE MOSTLY APHAMITIC LATITE MATRIX. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
Reference (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.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111, 672P.
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.
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