Butterfield Se Mine

The Butterfield Se Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 5,961 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Butterfield Se Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Salt Lake

Elevation: 5,961 Feet (1,817 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Zinc

Lat, Long: 40.48972, -112.12222

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Butterfield Se Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Butterfield Se Mine


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron


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 And Fractures


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization, And Silicification


Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Limonite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Talc


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Comment (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.

Comment (Workings): 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.

Comment (Geology): 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

Comment (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


References

Reference (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.

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

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

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


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