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Black Jack Claims

Occurrence in Iron 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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020075
MRDS ID DC12503
Record type Site
Current site name Black Jack Claims
Alternate or previous names Gregory

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.50692, 37.69025 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position EAST SIDE OF ESCALANTE VALLEY, 3 MILES NE OF NEWCASTLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newcastle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 036S 015W 11 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY OWNED BY CLEVE GREGORY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE LT 5 % MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.50692, 37.69025
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N - S
    Dip 45 - 50 W
    Thickness 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINERALIZED BED IS UNDERLAIN BY RED OR PINK TUFFACEOUS SANDSTONE AND OVERLAIN BY WHITE OR GREENISH ALTERED DACITE OR RHYOLITE. ; GEOL.DESC: OCCURS IN A LENTICULAR BED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Escalante Valley

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M. D., JR., 1951 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN UTAH: USGS BULL 979 - A, P. 23

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LESS THAN 5% MN (NOT ECONOMIC) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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