| Deposit ID | 10226996 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0490350029 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Howell Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Baby McKee Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.65909, 40.60464 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2806 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Salt Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 002 S | 003 E | 31 | SWNENW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerussite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Smithsonite | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -111.65909, 40.60464 |
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| Strike | N35E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 70N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 300M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 10M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 60HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 15M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1873 |
| Year of first production | 1885 |
| District name | Big Cottonwood District |
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| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 1200M | ||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0490350029 |
JAMES, IN PREPARATION, MINERAL RESOURCES OF BIG COTTONWOOD D
:UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Utah Geological And Mineral Survey | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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