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Fish Creek Manganese Deposit

Occurrence in Duchesne 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015016
MRDS ID DB00006
Record type Site
Current site name Fish Creek Manganese Deposit
Related records 10154500

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.45325, 40.60912 (WGS84)
Elevation 3063
Relative position 2.2 MILES NORTH OF LAKE FORK MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Duchesne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Fork Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kings Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Duchesne(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ashley 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 Duchesne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Uintah Special 003N 005W 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 OF SEC. 33

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Uinta Mountain Group
    Rock description Uinta Mountain Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.45325, 40.60912
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Length 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M. D., WALLACE, C. A., AND SHERIDAN, M. J., 1967 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE HIGH UINTAS PRIMATIVE AREA: USGS BULL. 1230-I

  • Reserve-Resource

    CRITTENDEN, M. D. ET AL, 1967 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE HIGH UINTAS. PRIMITIVE AREA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION EXTENDS OVER AN AREA 100 FT OR SO IN DIAMETER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

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