Mine detail: Tar Baby Mine

Previously called 'Tar Baby Main TunnelTar Baby Upper Tunnel'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.618, -111.65357

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Galena
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Tintic Quartzite;Deseret Limestone
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Limestone
Associated rock:	Granodiorite To Granite Dikes
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	North Limb Of Uinta Arch, Wasatch Fault, Alta Thrust Zone, Northeast Striking Mineralized Fissures
Tectonic:	Uinta Arch

References

MRDS	DC14691
DEP	10102126
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}{Deposit:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 114, P. 61-62.}{Deposit:: HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART 2 UTAH.: USGS BULLETIN 1135-B PLATE 3.}{Deposit:: CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.}{Production:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 61}
Reporter	Tripp, Bryce T.