Black Ledge Claims

Prospect in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020421
MRDS ID DC13197
Record type Site
Current site name Black Ledge Claims
Related records 10300279, 10227082

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.05107, 39.73106 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 4 1/2 MILES N OF FURNER PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Furner Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012S 002W 28 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue

Analytical data

Result VEINS CONTAIN 7.6 & 14.2% MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Andesite
    Rock description Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.05107, 39.73106

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range Transition

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 10.67M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Trending Fissure Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ANDESITE IS A SINGLE FLOW, 35 FT THICK, INTERCALATED WITH CONGLOMERITE AND STRIKES EAST DIPPING 10 - 20 N. ; GEOL.DESC: VEINLETS CONTAINING MN OXIDES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name East Tintic Mtns Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. E. And Jim Mcfarlane
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SMALL PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: USBM

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVEST.

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1951, MN. DEP. OF W. UTAH: USGS BULL. 979-A. P. 27

  • Deposit

    1942 RECON J.H. WIESE & G.L. BEL

  • Production

    CRITTENDEN, 1951, MN. DEP. OF. W. UTAH: USGS BULL. 979-A, P. 27

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIMS COVER THE TOP OF AN ANDESITE-CAPPED KNOB AND EXTEND DOWN SLOPE TO THE CREEK.
Deposit ALTHOUGH HIGH-GRADE HAND SPECIMENS ARE AVAILABLE THE OVERALL GRADE OF THE DEPOSIT APPEARS TO BE 5% MN OR LESS. 5 CLAIMS TOTAL. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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