The Howell and Baby McKee Mines is a lead and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,121 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,121 Feet (2,780 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.605, -111.65806
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Howell and Baby McKee Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Howell and Baby McKee Mines
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1892
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: On North Limb Of Uinta Arch; East Of Wasatch Fault
Type: L
Description: Alta Thrust Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Geology): 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.
Comment (Commodity): GALENA IS COARSE
Comment (Location): THE LOWER HOWELL TUNNEL LIES 2400 FT S 63 E FROM THE SUMMIT OF MONTREAL HILL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
Comment (Workings): THREE TUNNELS AND TWO SHAFTS WITH STOPES AND WINZES. TOTAL ABOUT 4000 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH:
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: UGMS BULLETIN 114, PG. 64-65.
Reference (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.
Reference (Production): JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 64.
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