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Dry Creek Manganese

Past Producer in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010342
MRDS ID D003949
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Creek Manganese

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09299, 38.37608 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marysvale Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 2W 028S 14 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • 1 1/2 MILES ABOVE THE MOUTH OF DRY CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09299, 38.37608
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NEARLY VERTICAL LINEAR VEIN
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 76.2M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sevier Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS PRODUCED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 76.2M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KENNEDY, 1963 , GEOLOGY OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, P.

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, 1973 , UTAH GEOLOGIST AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY BULL 102 , P. 57 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THESE DEPOSITS ARE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEVIER FAULT AND RELATED STRUCTURES, SUGGESTING AN ASSOCIATION WITH HOT-SPRING ACTIVITY WHICH IS STILL ACTIVE IN THE AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Steven, T. A. U.S. Geological Survey

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