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Desert Rock Mine

Past Producer in Grand 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015109
MRDS ID DB00136
Record type Site
Current site name Desert Rock Mine
Alternate or previous names Mongol

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.08155, 38.93858 (WGS84)
Elevation 1317
Relative position 2.8 MILES EAST OF CRYSTAL GEYSER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Green River NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 021S 017E 31 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 31

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Barite Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE - 26.6 % MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Brushy Basin Member Of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Brushy Basin Member Of Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.08155, 38.93858
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Little Grand Fault

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike NW
    Dip 3 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 304.8M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Inter River District.

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: LARRY TRIMBLE, 1977

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J. J., 1921 , DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN MONTANA, UTAH, OREGON AND WASHINGTON, USGS BULL 725 - C.

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A. A., DUNCAN, D. C. AND HUNT, C. B., 1952 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHEASTERN, UTAH, PART 2 , USGS BULL. 979 - B

  • Deposit

    1921 RECON PARDEE, J. T. - BULLETIN 725 - C

  • Deposit

    1952 RECON BAKER, A. A. - BULLETIN 979 - B

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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