The Tar Baby Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 8,320 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,320 Feet (2,536 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.61806, -111.65278
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Tar Baby Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tar Baby Mine
Secondary: Tar Baby Main Tunnel
Secondary: Tar Baby Upper Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood District
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Forest Service
Owner Name: L. W. Hoskins
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: North Limb Of Uinta Arch, Wasatch Fault
Type: L
Description: Alta Thrust Zone, Northeast Striking Mineralized Fissures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF WORKINGS
Comment (Production): A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF HIGH GRADE LEAD-SILVER ORE PRODUCED
Comment (Location): LOCATION TO MAIN TUNNEL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
References
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 114, P. 61-62.
Reference (Deposit): HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART 2 UTAH.: USGS BULLETIN 1135-B PLATE 3.
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.
Reference (Production): JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 61
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA UTAH: USGS PP 201 PA. 106-107
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