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Lakeview Manganese Mine

Past Producer in Rich county in Utah, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041741
MRDS ID M057492
Record type Site
Current site name Lakeview Manganese Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.28107, 41.79826 (WGS84)
Elevation 2219
Relative position 1.25 MI DUE NORTH OF KEARL SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rich(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Laketown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bear Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Rich

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012N 006E 09 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PYROLUSITE IN A MATRIX OF CALCITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore

Analytical data

Result 21.3 PERCENT MN, 24.9 PERCENT SIO2, 19.0 PERCENT CAO, .1 PERCENT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Limestone
    Rock description Madison Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.28107, 41.79826
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cache Uplift - Woodruff Thrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Along E Side Of Bear Lake

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N70E
    Dip 75 DEG
    Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Laketown District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE OPEN CUT 20 FT WIDE BY 130 FT LONG INTERSECTED BY AN OPEN CUT AT RIGHT ANGLES 150 FT LONG AND 20 FT WIDE WITH A MAX DEPTH OF 35 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CRITTENDON, M D, JR, 1951, MANGANESE DEP OF WEST UT: USGS BULL 979-A

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B T, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Wong, George Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. U.S. Geological Survey

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