Mine detail: Howell and Baby Mckee Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

40.60494, -111.65885

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Gold, Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1892

Geology

Host rock:	Tintic Quartzite;Mutual
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	On North Limb Of Uinta Arch; East Of Wasatch Fault, Alta Thrust Zone
Tectonic:	Uinta Arch

References

MRDS	DC14688
DEP	10098081
Reference	{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	Tripp, Bryce T.