Utah · Salt Lake County
Past Producer

Butterfield S. Mines

Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
LeadZincSilverCopper
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Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFissures
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone · Lower Butterfield
Associated rockMonzonite,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Trachyte · Last Chance Stock;Volcanic Flows; And Volcanic Breccia
StructureBasin And Range, Fractures, Fissures, Faults And Folds
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization, And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10012743
MRDS IDD008600
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.50633, -112.10719
References
BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTSCOOK, 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.BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111, 672P.BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.