Red Buttes

The Red Buttes is a mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 6,549 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Red Buttes  

State:  Utah

County:  Box Elder

Elevation: 6,549 Feet (1,996 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 41.65611, -113.77417

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Red Buttes MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Red Buttes


Commodity

Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold


Location

State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Rosebud Mining District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Grouse Creek Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitization


Rocks

Name: Black Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Production): ONLY A CARLOAD OR TWO IF SOME WAS PRODUCED

Comment (Workings): MOSTLY INACCESSIBLE; 3 TO 4 ADITS AND SOME SHALLOW DIGGINGS

Comment (Location): N 1/2 SE SE

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS IN SHALE


References

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B. S., 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS IN UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER III.

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.

Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON B. S. BUTLER, PROF. PAPER II

Reference (Production): DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION


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