Mine detail: Reed and Benson Mine

Previously called 'Craig TunnelNew Goodspeed TunnelKennebec Consolidated GroupKennebec Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.60772, -111.65107

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Zinc, Gold, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Orebody form:	CHIMNEY
Discovery year:	1870

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1871

Geology

Host rock:	Maxfield Limestone
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:	On North Limb Of Uinta Arch; East Of Wasatch Fault, Alta Overthrust, Zone.
Tectonic:	Uinta Arch

References

MRDS	DC14133
DEP	10020854
Reference	{Deposit:: CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD.; USGS MAP GQ-378.}{Deposit:: CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: USGS PP 201, PG. 107-109.}{Deposit:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: UGMS BULLETIN 114, PG. 71-73.}{Production:: USGS PP 201, PG. 109}
Reporter	Tripp, Bryce T.