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Howell and Baby McKee Mines

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098081
MRDS ID DC14688
Record type Site
Current site name Howell and Baby McKee Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.65885, 40.60494 (WGS84)
Elevation 2780
Relative position 2800 FT S14E OF THE SUMMIT OF MONTREAL HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dromedary Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 003E 31 SW OF NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • THE LOWER HOWELL TUNNEL LIES 2400 FT S 63 E FROM THE SUMMIT OF MONTREAL HILL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GALENA IS COARSE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Tintic Quartzite;Mutual
    Rock description Tintic Quartzite;Mutual
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.65885, 40.60494
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On North Limb Of Uinta Arch; East Of Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Alta Thrust Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 37 E
    Dip NW
    Length 182.88M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Baby Mckee Fissure N 35-40 E, Steep Nw

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MAIN AND UPPER WORKINGS FOLLOW A ZONE OF SERICITIZATION, PYRITIZATION AND CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ ASSOCIATED WITH THE FISSURES. THE LOWER TUNNEL PASSES THRU THE TINTIC QUARTZITE AND INTO THE UNDERLYING TILLITE AND CONGLOMERATE OF THE MUTUAL FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1892

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1219.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE TUNNELS AND TWO SHAFTS WITH STOPES AND WINZES. TOTAL ABOUT 4000 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH:

  • Deposit

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: UGMS BULLETIN 114, PG. 64-65.

  • Deposit

    CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH. USGS PP 201, P. 109.

  • Production

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 64.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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