Silver Butte Copper Mine

The Silver Butte Copper Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,999 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

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Butte Copper Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila

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.
Administrative Organization: Tonto National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1895
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: LINEAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Rock Units Have Been Cut By Numerous Faults And Fractures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Copper Carbonates Occur As Alteration Products Of The Chalcopyrite

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PROPERTY CONSISTS OF THREE ADITS 3000 FT TOTAL LENGTH REPORTED IN 1920.

References

Reference (Deposit): LAUSEN, C., WILSON, E.D., 1924, GOLD AND COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR PAYSON, ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 120 , P. 42.

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, MAY 1920, P. 58.

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