Kramer Manganese Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
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. 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021212
MRDS ID DC15204
Record type Site
Current site name Kramer Manganese Mine
Alternate or previous names International No. 2 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.18385, 40.02884 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Relative position 9650 FT NE OF BOULTER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulter Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 003W 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW OF SW SE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.18385, 40.02884

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name North Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. 1930-1931, 1939, AMOUNT UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.006HA
    Overall length 22.56M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR SMALL PITS, THE SOUTHERNMOST PIT IS 15 FEET DEEP AND THE OTHER THREE ARE VERY SHALLOW.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK 12.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PA. 107.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP DISBROW, A.E. GQ-14

  • Production

    CRIB FILE 12

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOUTHERNMOST PROSPECT IS ONLY ONE THAT SHOWS SIGNS OF MANGANESE MINERALIZATION, THE TWO CENTRAL PITS ARE OUT IN ALLUVIUM AND THE NORTH PIT IS CUT IN IRON STAINED LIMESTONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1994 Tripp, Bryce T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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